Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association has not said whether it considered 2013, 2019 calls in Acton endorsement
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association has not said whether it considered the two police call-outs to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s home in 2013 and 2019 before endorsing her.
The association endorsed Acton at a press conference in Columbus. However, it has not responded to requests from Ohio.News about whether it weighed the police calls before making its endorsement.
The Democratic nominee has faced new scrutiny, particularly over the 2019 call.
According to reports citing Bexley police records, Acton’s daughter called police, telling a dispatcher the then-director of the Ohio Department of Health had “been drinking” and “throwing things and breaking glass.”
She reportedly told the dispatcher that her “step dad and mom are fighting and mom has been drinking and throwing things and breaking glass.” She added that she had left the house and was heading to her father’s, the Ohio Press Network reported.
It was the police’s second call to Acton’s house.
As Ohio.News exclusively reported in June, at 12:20 a.m. on June 16, 2013, Bexley police were dispatched to a home on Pleasant Ridge regarding a domestic disturbance. While they were diverted en route, a Capital University Police officer providing backup responded to the home and relayed the information to Bexley police.
According to a police report, Acton’s 16-year-old daughter returned home from a party intoxicated. Acton notified the girl’s father — her ex-husband, Douglas Beech — who later arrived at Acton’s home.
The daughter “apparently did not like this and thought her parents were going to get into some type of altercation,” according to a police report. “Both parents said they were fine and there was no altercation whatsoever.”
Acton was married to Beech, a psychiatrist, from 1989 until their divorce in 2008.
Last month, the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, the state’s largest law enforcement union, endorsed Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor. The Acton and Ramaswamy did not respond to previous requests for comment on the 2013 call.
