Body Cameras

Columbus police body camera footage showed the teen who police shot in the leg and upper arm briefly ignore commands by police to get on the ground before crouching down. Police shot the boy and say they recovered a gun nearby.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into law late Thursday night, which allows police to charge $75 an hour for that video.

The five-year contract is with Axon, the same company that makes the body cameras worn by Columbus police officers.

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office hold another public town hall meeting Monday about the new body cameras recently purchased for deputies.

After years of discussion, Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies could all be wearing body cameras soon. The matter goes before the county commission on Tuesday.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is moving forward with its plan to install more than 5,000 body-worn cameras inside all of the prisons and adult parole facilities.

All of Ohio’s state troopers will soon be equipped with body cameras and cameras in their cruisers.

Officer body camera footage of Wednesday’s fatal police shooting of a Columbus man shows he held a large knife and yelled at police to kill him.

The Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services is now accepting applications for the grant funding for body cameras until October 8.

A collection of Ohio mayors is calling on state leaders to hear them out on their priorities for the year. This bipartisan alliance says the state must…