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OFCC Sues City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The sign you see here is posted in Cleveland Heights Parks implying possession of a firearm is a crime.
On Friday August 12th, 2011 Ohioans For Concealed Carry Filed a lawsuit against the City the City of Cleveland Heights. The litigation comes after many attempts to resolve concerns over laws that Cleveland Heights not only allowed to remain on their books, but also posted signs at their parks that continue to imply it is illegal to be armed. The City of Cleveland Heights has chosen to ignore our attempts at civil discourse. When individuals have contacted them representing themselves as residents of the City of Cleveland Heights their concerns apparently fell on deaf ears. When representatives of the organization have formally contacted the city's legal representation they've been laughed at and hung up on by the Law Director. It is this arrogance and refusal to work with Ohioans For Concealed Carry that has forced us to seek a remedy through the courts.
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Canton PD Event Leads to New OFCC Legislation
When officer Harless of the Canton, Ohio police department came upon a vehicle stopped in the roadway most of us were focused on getting restaurant carry legislation signed into law.
What took place that evening has become an international viral video, calls for the resignation of the City Council president, and criminal charges against a man who is clearly heard trying to state that he has a license.
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has not just raised thousands of dollars in a legal defense fund, but we've written legislation to resolve this matter that Representative Danny Bubp has stated he's going to introduce this fall
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Northwood Update
- Published on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 06:22
- Written by Daniel White
Brian Ballenger, law director for Northwood, followed through on his promise to contact us this week to continue working to resolve the Northwood Incident.
In a phone call with me yesterday, he again confirmed that his office is aware that open carry is legal, and that he has communicated that information to the Northwood Police Chief. Ballenger also reiterated that no charges were going to be filed against OFCC member Edwin Farbrother, an obvious fact since he broke no law.
However, he repeatedly stated that he advises against open carry to avoid panicking citizens who may not be aware that such an action is legal (although I pointed out that the last two people "panicking" were off-duty police officers).
Ballenger stated that a training session with the entire department would be undertaken within the next few weeks after two new hires began working. He offered to provide us with any written materials presented as part of that training. He was unable to tell me what steps would be taken in the meantime to ensure this doesn't happen again, and suggested the Chief would be the one to answer that question.
I asked if he would join in our efforts to request a training memorandum from Ohio AG Nancy Rogers, as Willowick has, and he agreed.
On the issue of the broken driver's license, his information was that the license was "old and crumbly" and had been broken inadvertently by the officer. My information, with supporting photos of the license in question, is contrary to that claim. Ballenger suggested that, too, was a matter to take up with the police chief. He was also unable to address the issues with the responding officers' behavior during the stop, which was beyond the scope of his duties as law director.
OFCC will be taking up these remaining issues with Chief Thomas Cairl as soon as possible in an attempt to attain resolution.