Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:2 - State Highway Patrol › Chapter 4501:2-10 - Law Enforcement Automated Data System (LEADS) › Section 4501:2-10-11 - Sanctions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Violations of
			 the rules within this chapter could result in denial of access to LEADS
			 agencies. LEADS has established the following
			 progressive sanction process to enforce administrative rules while cooperating
			 with agencies to continue to protect the officers in the field.
Level 1: Notice of the violation. If the situation is not
				corrected with documentation to LEADS within forty-five days from the date
				notice is sent, step 2 will be initiated.
Level 2: Notice is sent to the agency administrator with a copy
				also forwarded to the local chief executive or designee. Notice shall include
				the progressive sanction steps and may include restrictions for specific
				operators. If the situation continues or the correction is not documented to
				LEADS within thirty days, step 3 will be initiated.
Level 3: The agency participation in LEADS will be reduced to
				limited access, i.e., inquiry only. Entry of new records into the system will
				be denied until the situation is corrected. If corrective action is not taken,
				including written documentation to LEADS within thirty days, step 4 will be
				initiated.
Level 4: The agency's access to the Ohio computerized criminal
				history (CCH) files and the NCIC interstate identification index (III) will be
				terminated. If corrective action is not completed, including documentation to
				LEADS, within thirty days, step 5 will be initiated.
Level 5: All records entered by the agency into the LEADS and
				NCIC files shall be cancelled and the agency will not be permitted entry
				capabilities. This shall remain in effect until recommendation by the LEADS
				steering committee and authorization of the chairperson is obtained to
				reinstate access for the agency. If the situation is not corrected, including
				documentation to LEADS within thirty days, step 6 will be initiated.
Level 6: The agency's access to the Ohio bureau of motor
				vehicles files shall be terminated. If the agency continues to fail to correct
				and document their actions to LEADS within thirty days, step 7 will be
				initiated.
Level 7: The agency shall no longer be permitted to participate
				in LEADS. All LEADS owned/leased equipment will be removed. The agency shall
				remain responsible for any unpaid fees due LEADS to this date.
The agency shall not be approved terminal access until review
				by the LEADS steering committee and approval of the chairperson. The agency may
				institute a non-terminal user agreement with LEADS, but this shall be limited
				to inquiry capabilities only and excludes access to the criminal history and
				NCIC III files.
(B)
			 Exceptions and modifications to the progressive sanction process
			 for agencies may be authorized by the LEADS
			 steering committee chair, if in his/her opinion, circumstances warrant such
			 action.
(C) As with any
			 agency sanction, there is a right of
			 review
			 to be heard by the LEADS steering committee. This process is not under
			 adjudication procedures (Chapter 119. of the Revised Code).
Effective:
				4/15/2017
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				01/20/2017 and
				01/20/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 5503.10
Rule
				Amplifies: 5503.10
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/10/91, 10/21/95, 11/02/96, 07/31/98, 07/01/01, 11/01/03,
				02/15/08, 04/05/13