This year’s election will include a statewide ballot initiative, Issue 3, which would import our existing strict photo ID laws in the Ohio Constitution.

City cites lack of response from Flock Safety after 54 written questions

Columbus has had a contract with Shotspotter, an AI-powered gunshot detection microphone system, since 2018.

Mount Vernon will not renew its ALPR contract with Flock Safety and will institute a 12-month moratorium on installing cameras in the city.

Investigators say ICE has wasted millions of dollars from its $45 billion budget on detention centers that were poorly planned or never used in the first place.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Broken promises and backroom deals made Ohio a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation. That’s the conclusion of a new book that is focused on Ohio’s gerrymander battle. …

On Aug. 27, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the details of a $16.7 million no-bid contract with Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, KY, for the purchase for their agents of 6,000 pairs of wearable gloves that are designed to deliver painful electric shocks. The gloves, which the manufacturer, calls “Conductive Distraction and Deescalation Devices,” […]

Columbus voters backed an alternative to police for some 911 calls. Months later, the city hasn't completed the first step to set up the program.

The ACLU of Ohio works to ensure that all Ohioans are secure in their basic rights, and that discrimination will not target the LGBTQ community, reproductive freedom, people living with disabilities, ...

The outlets described the ban as a "direct assault" on the First Amendment.

President Donald Trump says he is barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow.

I was a sheriff when two innocent people were murdered. Tyrone Noling had nothing to do with the crime, but has sat on death row for 30 years.

Say NO to drag-net surveillance and end all contracts with sneaky surveillance companies.

After an ICE watcher in Springfield won a temporary injunction against ICE in a First Amendment lawsuit, the agency moved the officers accused of harassing him out of town.

Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson defended Flock Safety license plate readers as "valuable tools," saying that misuse is rare but should be penalized.

Ohio’s new drone law sets warrant requirements for some police surveillance, allows nine types of warrantless use and requires agencies to document surveillance flights. A separate restriction on certain foreign-adversary drone systems takes effect in 2030.

COLUMBUS — Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement should end the “dehumanizing and shameful practice of placing ankle monitors on people who ...

Trump has spoken very little about the Flock cameras, but a reporter pressed him on the issue on Sunday night.

A federal judge granted a two-week restraining order to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from “taking any further threatening, intimidating and retaliatory action” against a Springfield man who has been observing ICE activities for the past few weeks.

Lebanon officials paused its Flock Safety camera system to investigate data handling practices ahead of a Sept. 22 vote.

Class is back in session for Ohio students, but across the state we’re seeing academic freedom missing from the syllabi.

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Ohio courts have recognized a First Amendment right to record police in public, but the 6th Circuit has not squarely adopted the same rule. A Springfield lawsuit against ICE officers highlights where the protections — and limits — stand.

A Springfield, Ohio resident has been documenting arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city. The ACLU of Ohio now alleges in a lawsuit that these agents have retaliated through intimidation tactics.

The ACLU of Ohio wants the rest of the state to join us in saying NO to ALPRs and other invasive surveillance technology.