The Lima Police Department seeing some changes as several officers are moving up the ranks.
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The funding allowed the department to purchase 17 tactical headsets and radios to be used in critical response situations.
“We received communication headsets that go for our SWAT team. On our helmets, they connect,” said Lt. Ben Thompson of the Lima Police Department. “They have noise-canceling technology to cancel out noise from the outside so we can talk to each other, speak clearly, plan effectively during our raids and our responses for critical incidences.”
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William “Frankie” Edge, 46, was taken into custody and is being held in the Allen County Jail on two outstanding warrants, along with suspicion of felonious assault and weapons under disability charges.
Jase Lauck, 24, is in the Hancock County Jail on charges of domestic violence by strangulation, kidnapping, and obstructing official business.
The announcement of the Jack Somerville Law Officer of the Year Award was made as part of the fallen officer memorial service at the FOP Lima Lodge.
Two Texas men suspected by law enforcement of human trafficking who traveled to central Ohio with four victims, including one juvenile, have been apprehended by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Law enforcement spent seventeen hours deescalating the second standoff in Allen County this year.