The Buckeye State will provide support from the Ohio State Highway Patrol to assist the Cincinnati Police Department, a gubernatorial press release indicated on Wednesday.
"Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, and Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge announced today that the state will provide additional manpower to support the Cincinnati Police Department," the press release states.
The announcement comes in the wake of a vicious downtown beating in Cincinatti, Ohio last week that went viral online, shocking the nation.