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City of Cincinnati recruiting future police officers

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Friday, April 13th, 2012, 5:15am
City of Cincinnati recruiting future police officers

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – If you are interested in becoming a Cincinnati Police officer in the near future, the time to work on that is between now and June.  Here is the city announcement, which offers guidance to the fairly complicated procedure:

Police Recruit Exam
Police Recruit (12-045)
City of Cincinnati Job Opportunity
Open Competitive - Announcement #12-045

(Open to the Public and to City Employees)

Police Recruit Salary:  $31,200 annually
Police Officer Salary:  $52,790 - $63,140 annually

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Friday, June 1, 2012, 5:00 p.m.

APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE

The regular Open to the Public Application WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED for this position in the office or by mail.

AN E-MAIL ADDRESS IS REQUIRED TO APPLY.  ***ALL INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE WILL BE SENT VIA E-MAIL***

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Butler taking charge of Park District Rangers

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, March 26th, 2012, 4:40pm
Butler taking charge of Park District Rangers

 

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) -

The Hamilton County Park District Rangers have a new Ranger Chief. Following the retirement of Chief Steve Newsom, who spent after 32 years with the Rangers, Ed Butler will take over duties as Chief at the end of March.

Butler has been a member of the Kenton County, Kentucky Police Department since 1991 and has served as its Police Chief since 2006.

While at Kenton County he has also served as its Public Relations Officer, Police Officer/Narcotics Detective, Sergeant and Captain.  He holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Northern Kentucky University, a Masters of Business Administration from Xavier University, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.  Ed is a native of western Hamilton County and an Elder High School graduate.

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Police suspect same armed robber hit two stores

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, 1:25am
Police suspect same armed robber hit two stores

 

PIERCE TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Pierce Township Police are still trying to identify the man in these surveillance photos.   Detectives say that he committed an armed robbery at the Super Sam’s located at 1335 Ohio Pike in Pierce Township on December 26, 2011.  He displayed a black handgun and fled on foot west bound on Ohio Pike.  

He is described as a white male, late 20’s, 5’8” and 150-180 lbs, thin build with dark hair and brown eyes.  He was wearing jeans with rips on the upper right leg area, a hooded greenish Aeropostale hooded sweatshirt with the “Aeropostale” in white and “New York” under it in blue, a dark ball cap with the hood over the hat, and black gym shoes with white around the bottom of the sole area. 

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Hamilton County OVI checkpoint will be somewhere on Friday

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 11:15pm
Hamilton County OVI checkpoint will be somewhere on Friday

 

BLUE ASH, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County OVI Task Force is announcing that an OVI checkpoint will be conducted this Friday, March 23, 2012 in Hamilton County. The exact location and times will be released on Friday. 

Announcements regarding OVI checkpoints, saturation patrols, and other Task Force activity are posted on their Facebook page and distributed via Twitter:

www.facebook.com/HCOVITF

www.twitter.com/HCOVITF

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Suspect breaks into several vehicles and takes power tools

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, February 16th, 2012, 12:16pm
Suspect breaks into several vehicles and takes power tools

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to identify a person wanted for a theft that occurred Feb. 12. 

The suspect entered the property of Evans Landscaping located at 4229 Roundbottom Road. in Anderson Township and removed several power tools.

According to the police report, the suspect broke off locks on several vehicles and removed wrenches and Dewalt drill sets.

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Suspects caught on video using stolen Kroger gift cards

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 11:25am

MOUNT WASHINGTON, OH (FOX19) - Police have released video of theft suspects accused of using stolen Kroger gift cards.

An unknown number of suspects broke into the Sem Food Pantry located at 6446 Beechmont Avenue on Dec. 9.

Police say that the suspects took 100 Kroger gift cards worth $15 dollars each.

The suspects can be seen on video using the stolen gift cards at an area Kroger store.  Any information on these suspects or this offense, please call Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040 or Det. Kelley L. Macbeth 513-979-4457.

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Local leaders to warn of tax scams

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, 2:54am
Local leaders to warn of tax scams

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The IRS, the Hamilton County Coalition to Stop Fraud, Scams and Abuse and other groups will issue a warning Tuesday about tax scams that are flooding email inboxes and possibly reaching people in other ways.

The large number of people involved in the news conference at the Urban League in Avondale may indicate a lot of concern. 

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