Effective: October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code. The provisions of the rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) A specified amount of training that is necessary for the satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training schools, other than the Ohio peace officer training academy;
(B) A requirement that the training include, but not be limited to, training in all of the following:
(1) All recent amendments to domestic violence-related laws;
(2) Notifying a victim of domestic violence of the victim's rights;
(3) Processing protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code.