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WEBVTT LEADERS HAD TO SAY.TODD.TODD: HISTORIC, AMAZING, ANDASTOUNDING, THOSE ARE JUST A FEWWORDS USED THIS AFTERNOON INAVONDALE TO DESCRIBE A NEWAPPROACH AIMED AT BRIDGING ANYDIVIDES THAT EXIST BETWEENPOLICE AND MEMBERS OF THECOMMUNITY.WHEN POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSNATIONWIDE REACHED A LOW POINT AFEW YEARS AGO, OHIO GOVERNORJOHN KASICH TOOK ACTION.>> I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND,THIS WILL BECOME CONTAGIOUSACROSS THE COUNTRY.TODD: WHAT THE GOVERNOR BELIEVESWILL SPREAD TO OTHER STATES ISTHE OHIO COLLABORATIVE, A SET OFDIRECTIVES AIMED AT IMPROVINGTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICEAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THEBUCKEYE STATE.>> GUESS WHAT?LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T THRIVE ANDDO A GREAT JOB WITHOUT A STRONGPARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.TODD: AFTER THE GOVERNOR ISSUEDAN EXECUTIVE ORDER, EXPERTS LIKEFORMER STATE SENATOR NINA TURNERHELPED CRAFT NEW STANDARDS WHENIT COMES TO POLICE USE OF FORCEAND RECRUITMENT AND HIRING.EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS A SON IN LAWENFORCEMENT AND HER HUSBAND WASAN OFFICER, TURNER KNOWS SOMEOHIO RESIDENTS SIMPLY DON'TTRUST THE POLICE.>> BEING A BLACK WOMAN INAMERICA.THE MOTHER OF A BLACK SON, THEWIFE OF A BLACK MAN, IUNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THATTHE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITYFACE, AND IT'S NOT A FIGMENT OFTHEIR IMAGINATION THAT SOMETIMESJUSTICE IS NOT JUST FOR THEAFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.TODD: THE STATEWIDECOLLABORATIVE HAS ROOTS IN THECOLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT THATDEPARTMENT AFTER ANOFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGSPARKED RIOTS 16 YEARS AGO THISWEEK.>> TAKING OUR COLLABORATIVE ANDTAKING IT STATEWIDE, I THINK IS

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What's being called the Ohio Collaborative is a quest for justice, according to Gov. John Kasich."That's what everybody is seeking - justice - justice for law enforcement, justice for the community," Kasich said during a roundtable discussion in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Avondale on Monday. "That's what this is really all about. It's really, frankly, pretty astounding."When police-community relations nationwide and in Ohio reached a low point a few years ago, Kasich took action."I have no doubt in my mind (that) this will become contagious across the country," Kasich said.What the governor believes will spread to other states is a set of directives aimed at improving the relationship between police and community members across the Buckeye State.Read the full report here."Guess what? Law enforcement can't thrive and do a great job without a strong partnership with the community," Nina Turner said.After the governor issued an executive order, experts such as former state senator and Ohio Collaborative co-chair Nina Turner helped craft new standards regarding police use of force and recruitment and hiring, among other issues.Even though her son works for a law enforcement agency and her husband was an officer, Turner knows some Ohio residents simply don't trust the police."Being a black woman in America, the mother of a black son, the wife of a black man, I understand the challenges that the African-American community faces," Turner said. "It's not a figment of their imagination that sometimes justice is not just for the African-American community."The statewide collaborative has roots in a collaborative agreement that guided the Cincinnati Police Department after an officer-involved shooting sparked riots 16 years ago this week."Taking our collaborative and taking it statewide, I think is huge," Ohio Rep. Alicia Reece, D-Cincinnati, said. "We're talking about equal standardization throughout the state, so you as an Ohio citizen, wherever you travel, we've got one set of rules. We've got one standard, and everyone's treated with equal justice."In Hamilton County, 95 percent of residents are covered by a police agency that's either been certified based on the new standards or is in the process of being certified.Six of Hamilton County's 40 law enforcement agencies are not part of the new Ohio Collaborative. Those police departments are in Amberly Village, Cheviot, Cleves, Fairfax, Glendale and North College Hill.Gov. Kasich believes in time all police departments in Southwest Ohio and across the state will adopt the new standards."These terrible tragedies will continue to happen, hopefully a lot less," Kasich said. "Now do you want to be in a position of being able to say, 'We've done everything we could do,' or do you want to be behind the curve and say, 'Whoops, I guess we should have done something'? Because that's a human life that's at risk. ... For those that are not on board, they'll get there."