COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services Executive Director Karhlton Moore announced
that Wood County Sheriff’s Office recently completed the Ohio Collaborative recertification process.
Recertification of the Ohio Collaborative standards takes place on a revolving, three to four-year cycle.

There are 471 agencies that are certified, and 112 that are in the process of becoming certified by
meeting standards for the use of force, including deadly force, and agency recruitment and hiring.
Additionally, over 30,382 officers (representing over 94 percent of all law enforcement officers in
Ohio, including most of Ohio’s metropolitan areas) are employed by an agency that is involved in some
form of the certification process.
The standards are the first of their kind in Ohio and were developed and established by the Ohio
Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board as part of the state’s efforts to strengthen community and
police relations.
The state has partnered with the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association and the Ohio Association of Chiefs
of Police to help certify Ohio’s nearly 900 law enforcement agencies on a process to ensure that they
are in compliance with Ohio’s new standards. The complete list of agencies who have and have not been
certified can be found at http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov/ohiocollaborative/