Loveland, Ohio – Captain Dennis Sean Rahe was promoted to Chief of Police on February 2. Rahe succeeds Chief Tim Sabransky, who retired on October 15, 2015.
Here are two videos. The first is Rahe being interviewed about an increase of auto break-ins in the community. The second is about heroin use in Loveland.
In each video, Rahe is asked what can residents do to lower the instance of these crimes in the community.
The Chief also wants residents to know that they can receive local crime reports in an email each morning. RAIDSONLINE, compiles crime data and other information from local law enforcement agencies to make it easier for the public to stay informed about crime. Data in RAIDS Online is provided directly from local law enforcement agencies.
The Prescription Drug Drop Box the Chief talks about in the video is located in the lobby of the Safety Service Center at 126 South Lebanon Road.
Rahe began his career in law enforcement with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in 1996. In 1998, he joined the Loveland department as an officer. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2007, assistant chief in 2010, and had been serving as the acting chief for the past four month. Rahe holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in Criminal Justice. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, the Supervisor Training and Education Program, and the Police Executive Leadership College.
I wonder if we had a more secure US/Mexico border, would the heroin problem decrease?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/09/24/pellets-planes-and-the-new-frontier
“A sophisticated farm-to-arm supply chain is fueling America’s surging heroin appetite, causing heroin to surpass cocaine and meth to become the nation’s No. 1 drug threat for the first time. As demand has grown, the flow of heroin — a once-taboo drug now easier to score in some cities than crack or pot — has changed, too.
Mexican cartels have overtaken the U.S. heroin trade, imposing an almost corporate discipline. They grow and process the drug themselves, increasingly replacing their traditional black tar with an innovative high-quality powder with mass market appeal: It can be smoked or snorted by newcomers as well as shot up by hard-core addicts.
They have broadened distribution beyond the old big-city heroin centers like Chicago or New York to target unlikely places such as Dayton. The midsize Midwestern city today is considered to be an epicenter of the heroin problem, with addicts buying and overdosing in unsettling droves. Crack dealers on street corners have been supplanted by heroin dealers ranging across a far wider landscape, almost invisible to law enforcement. They arrange deals by cellphone and deliver heroin like pizza.
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