In March 2019. Officer Andrew Mitchell, a thirty-one year veteran of the force, was charged by the United States District Attorney with kidnapping under the color of authority (law). He is accused of raping women that he had arrested in exchange for their freedom. The Franklin County Prosecutor‘s Office later acquired state level indictments against Officer Mitchell that involved a shooting and death of a female. The ten-officer, three-supervisor VICE unit that he was a member has since been disbanded. The abolishment of this unit came after a months long ‘stand down’ and unit review. The action to disband the unit had been anticipated for some time.