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Officer Matthew Pfeifer was fired on July 31 for drawing his weapon inside the police department, according to his lawyer.

Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.

The goal is to get the cameras for all of Ohio's law enforcement agencies.

Ohio's COVID-19 transmission rate is up to 410 cases per 100K residents; a Black police officer has filed a discrimination charge against a Lorain County department whose chief put a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s jacket; the full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with much less training; and more stories.

Akron arts and culture magazine The Devil Strip is hosting a meeting this week for co-op members to ask questions related to how it folded abruptly last week; All six GOP U.S. Senate candidates gathered at forum near Columbus Sunday; Ohio’s employment picture continues to improve; and more stories.

The gunshot-detection microphones the Dayton Police Department uses dispatched officers to West Dayton more than 2,200 times over the past two years.

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation directing about $2.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief aid with about half going to repay an unemployment loan; Akron City Council passes a new law that requires Akron police to automatically post body cam videos of use-of-force incidents; restaurants, bars, breweries and others can apply for a share of $100 million in state aid; and more stories.

The movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost Ohio vaccination rates has been unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold; nearly two dozen people have applied to fill the seat vacated following the historic Ohio House vote last week that ousted Republican Larry Householder; the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that school districts must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with a county elections board in a dispute over buying voting machines that stems from the 2020 presidential election; the U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Euclid cannot sue the city or the officer; Governor Mike DeWine says nearly 2.8 million residents have registered for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize ahead of tomorrow's first drawing, and more stories.

Ohio on Sunday reported just 618 COVID-19 cases, the fewest in one day since last August; Palestinian-Americans gathered at Cleveland’s Public Square Sunday to protest and demand an end to Israeli assaults on Palestinians; the city of Columbus ranks 2nd in the nation for number of juveniles killed by police; and more stories.