Dave Yost: "laid off cops, and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets"

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laid off cops, and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets

Dave Yost · 2010 campaign video advertisement · September 3, 2010 · Auditor of State of Ohio

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The record does not settle it

Checked against Not yet checked: Hamilton County budget and sheriff personnel records for 2008 to 2010, which hold layoffs and jail closures; "let criminals run free" is a characterization no record holds.

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Context

The Yost campaign video referred to layoffs and a jail closure that followed voters' 2009 rejection of a Hamilton County public-safety tax Pepper had backed.

Topics: Public safety, Taxes.

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Sources

Republican Dave Yost attacks Democratic David Pepper on taxes and public safety in race for Ohio auditor · PolitiFact · 2010-09-03 · accessed 2026-09-21
Audit search · Ohio Auditor of State · accessed 2026-10-15

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