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Ohio public safety bill faces Senate fight in Columbus
The measure to create a new Department of Public Safety under the governor’s command passed the House 64-29 and would strip the attorney general’s office of crime fighting units while moving the Highway Patrol into the new department. Akron Democrat Sen. Oliver Ocasek vows to oppose it on the Senate floor, citing concentrated power.
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Perry Smith
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Department of Public Safety
Ohio Senate
House
Attorney General
Highway Patrol
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ocasek
Ohio Crime Commission
Rep
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
D-22
New Boston
Riffe
McElroy
Michael V. DiSalle
Saxbe
James A. Rhodes
U.S. Senate
Rhodes
Paul W. Brown
Ohio
DiSalle
Brown
Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Crimes
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Division of Criminal Activities
Jim Rhodes