(a) No officer or employee of a law enforcement agency or court, or of the office of the clerk of any court, shall disclose during the pendency of any criminal case the home address of any peace officer, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2935.01, who is a witness or arresting officer in the case.
(b) Subsection (a) hereof does not prohibit a peace officer from disclosing his own home address, and does not apply to any person who discloses the home address of a peace officer pursuant to a court ordered disclosure under subsection (c) hereof.
(c) The court in which any criminal case is pending may order the disclosure of the home address of any peace officer who is a witness or arresting officer in the case, if the court determines after a written request for the disclosure that good cause exists for disclosing the home address of the peace officer.
(d) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of disclosure of confidential information, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 2921.24; Ord. 12-1985. Passed 3-4-85.)