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Reece and Rep. Jonathan Dever, R- Madeira want to fix that. heir proposal, introduced Thursday, would revent police depart- ents from investigating their own officers inv olved in fatal shootings ithout any assistance or oversight. A panel of offi- ers, one from the agency a nd at least two others from a pool of investiga- ors from across the state, would look into deaths and create a report, Dever aid. Police departments would select officers to participate in the pool of potential investigators, which would be compiled the Ohio Attorney General's Office.

Those departments and the agency mploying the officer involved in the shooting would sort out who would pay for the independent i nvestigators, who would ook into deaths near them. hen the report is complete, the investigators would share it with the local prosecutor and department of the inv olved officer. Relatives the deceased and the public would receive the report after trial or, if the officer isn't charged, within 72 hours of a grand jury decision. However, the bill has no penalty if he report isn't released during that time. Officers on the panel ould also provide relatives with the prosecutor's contact information a soon as possible following the death.

If passed, the proposal would force each police department to create a policy on hand ling fatal shootings involving their officers. he Fraternal Order of olice of Ohio is reviewing the proposal, which as 17 bipartisan cospon- ors. Police union officials haven't decided hether they will support he bill, said Mike Weinman, director of govern- ent affairs. Lawmakers hope the changes will make offi- er-involved shootings more transparent, and foster trust between police officers and the residents they serve. "Transparency and acc ountability are very important," Dever said.

"Every single citizen, regard- ess of where from, has to have faith in the process." THE COCHRAN Kimberly Thomas of Clifton holds a photo of Samuel DuBose utside the Hamilton County Courthouse after the arraignment for Ray Tensing in death. A new bill would make police-involved shootings more transparent. Bill: Make police-involved deaths more ransparent JESSIE BALMERT GANNETT OHIO PORT CLINTON ive Port Clinton men ere arrested Thursday vening after an alleged heft from Walmart in Portage Township. Justin Salyers and Nathaniel Bevan were charged with theft. Brandon Miller, Braden Junkins and Andrew Bogart were charged with complicity to theft.

All five were arrested at the cene and taken to the Ott awa County Detention acility. he report of a theft in progress first came in around 6 p.m. from the Walmart on East Harbor Road. As an Ottawa County deputy was en route to the scene, an officer from the Danbury Township Police Department stopped the suspect vehicle at a nearby dollar store. When questioned at the scene, the driver of the vehicle, Brandon Miller, told police that he had driven the four people he was with to Walmart and waited in the car while they all went in.

According to the incident report, Miller denied having nowledge of any thefts hat may have taken place and did not know what items others may have put in his trunk. A nother man, Justin alyers, was detained in he Danbury police cruiser prior to the arrival. Deputy Marc Nye said he immediately rec- gnized Salyers and had ust taken an earlier unrelated eport of heft from a gas stat ion in the a rea, where Nye watched a security camera video that allegedly showed Salyers walking ut with a ox of cig- a rette fil- er tubes that were not paid for. According to the report, Salyers claimed that he thought one of the other people he was with paid for the tubes. Salyers was then placed under arrest for the gas tation heft, but police continued to ask him about the Walmart incident.

Salyers said he ad a cart in Walmart full items, but he left it ins ide at the self checkout area, and said that he used a different cart from the parking lot as a ide to the dollar store here the vehicle was. Amanager from Wal- mart, however, told po- ice that he has seen two the four passengers alk out with stolen mer- handise. The manager aid Salyers left with the cart full of items, saw him push the cart to the vehicle at the other store and load the stolen things into the trunk. The manager was less certain about what exactly Bevan stole, he said, but said he did see Bevan obviously at- empting to conceal omething and he set off he electronic alarm as he xited. Deputy Nye wrote in the report that Miller gave him permission to look in the trunk of the vehicle.

When Miller opened it, Nye said he saw coats and an assortment of various other items with Walmart price tags. The manager confirmed that those items were missing and none of the five men had paid for any of it. While searching the rest of the vehicle, police found a backpack with DVD and Bluray movies, also stolen from Walmart, and the cigarette filter tubes stolen from the gas tation. our of the men are currently being held on $4,000 bond, except for Salyers, who is facing two ounts of theft with 8,000 bond. nett.com 419-734-7504 Twitter: Five arrested after alleged Walmart theft Justin Salyers Nathaniel evan Brandon Miller Branden Junkins Andrew Bogart JON STINCHCOMB REPORTER nating death, injury, property and economic loss from fire, electrical and related hazards.

The a ssociation delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 onsensus codes and standards, research, training, education, out- each and advocacy. New standards, not considered mandates by the NFPA, ask fire departments to stop using ire hoses manufactured before 1987. But many de- artments facing tight udgets have had difficulty replacing older hose s. ort Clinton Fire Department Chief Kent ohnson said the depart- ent has more than 13,000 feet of hose, some ating to 1968. Recently, Johnson hired a Troy, Michigan, mergency equipment testing business, Fire- Catt, to test all department hoses.

Twelve hours of testing revealed six sections of problem hose. It would have taken us about six or eight nights over the course of a few weeks to test all Johnson said. no one would have gotten paid, it would have been done on off Johnson said he and he 40-person Port Clint on department take the NFPA recommendations very seriously. would say compliant with just about everything they Johnson said Frid ay. After each call, firefighters must hand load oses back into the trucks, inspecting them as they go.

They also ash the trucks down and inspect them upon arrival back at the station. Because the department sees an average of 3 00 events a year, they update hoses and equip- ent more frequently han a smaller department. We fight a lot of fires, see a lot of he said. hoses are the ey tool in this ver in Catawba Island Township, a smaller 2 4-person volunteer department, Chief John Gangway said the depart- ent also tests all 6,000 feet of their hoses annually, like Port Clinton. The oldest hose they have in stock is from the late 1970s, Gangway said.

I the event they have aleak around a fitting, they weigh the cost of fix- i ng it or replacing the hose outright. Testing involves pumping the hoses full of water and pressurizing it for a certain amount of ime, which is expensive a nd time-consuming, he said. lot of people think about Gangway said. a lot that goes into Gangway said arder for smaller departments like Catawba to follow all NFPA recom- endations. hard to live by all the he said.

hile liability could be placed on departments if hoses are outdated and burst at a fire, the decision on what to keep in ervice remains local, Willett with NFPA said. We are not monitor- i ng how departments comply with illett said. have urisdiction. They can select a hose maintenance illett said smaller departments, or depart- ents facing budget cuts, can seek grant funding for new hoses. There are small grants, $25,000 or less, that departments can apply he said.

there are bigger grants, $100,000, that require ore detail towards a 4 19-734-7506 Twitter: tonNH Heat Continued from Page 1A COLUMBUS The Main Street bridge in capital might appear to be decked out for alloween, but officials ay the extensive webs potted by motorists at night are real. The Columbus Dispatch reports the $60 mill ion bridge connecting owntown Columbus and Franklinton is infested with thousands of web- spinning spiders of different varieties. Ohio State University rofessor David Shetlar pecializes in urban lands cape entomology and estimates the bridge has 5,000 to 10,000 spiders. Ohio Division of Wild- ife naturalist Jim cCormac says evidence of good health for the Scioto River under the span. million project narrowed the river for he creation of a 33-acre ark with 800 trees and 7 5,000 plants.

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