Strongsville Police Adopt New Use of Force Standards

STRONGSVILLE, OH - The Strongsville Police Department has become the latest police force in Ohio to adopt newly implemented state standards established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board.

The policies cover the use of deadly force, force, body cameras, community engagement, telecommunicator training, and recruitment and hiring. Strongsville joins 10 other departments in Cuyahoga County, including:

• Beachwood Police Department
• Broadview Heights Police Department
• Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department
• Highland Heights Police Department
• Mayfield Heights Police Department
• Notre Dame College Police Department
• Rocky River Police Department
• Shaker Heights Police Department
• Solon Police Department
• Westlake Police Department

The certifying group will publish a list of all compliant Ohio agencies in March 2017. To make it into that first listing, agencies will need to get certified by Feb. 1, 2017.

Currently, there are 300 agencies, employing more than 18,000 officers, across Ohio that are either certified or becoming certified. The standards are the first of their kind in Ohio and were developed by the Collaborative in August 2015.

The state has partnered with the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police to help certify Ohio’s nearly 1,000 law enforcement agencies on a process to ensure that they are in compliance with Ohio’s new standards.

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