Theseus

Mifflin Township (Franklin County, Ohio) trustees voted November 10, 2026, to disband the police department effective immediately after voters rejected a third police levy. On the November 3 ballot, a continuing 6.96-mill property tax levy failed roughly 56%–44%. It would have cost property owners about $244 per $100,000 of assessed value. Similar measures had already failed in 2025. The department had been under severe strain: two officers were shot in a May 2025 traffic stop, staffing collapsed, regular patrols were pulled by early 2026, and the headquarters was robbed multiple times over the summer. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will handle dispatch and emergency calls only. No regular patrols. Non-priority calls will go unanswered by them. FOP Lodge No. 9 President Brian Steel called the vote “deeply disappointing and a disservice” to 65 years of service. This is what happens when local government treats public safety as optional and voters are given no real alternative. We must stop this. Power belongs to the people, not unelected administrators or failed trustees who only know how to raise taxes or shut the doors. Take it back. It is no longer about us anymore, they are slowly telling us that we do matter, that despite the vote and what we were promised that it doesn’t matter anymore. These people only care about themselves and destruction. Do not stand idly, do not let them win. The streets are about run by degenerates and people with an already violent past, is that truly what you want to see happening in Ohio? It will not just stop at Ohio, this will spread like a disease and infect states. WE MUST NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!