COLUMBUS, Ohio -- While Gov. Mike DeWine is on board with partnerships that are aimed at reducing violent crime, he made clear Wednesday he won’t deploy National Guard troops to Ohio cities for law enforcement.

The better approach, DeWine said as he spoke with news reporters, is to address violent crime through efforts like the one announced Tuesday in Cincinnati when the governor joined state, local and federal officials in the Queen City to announce two new law enforcement partnerships aimed at reducing violent crime in the city through enhanced cooperation.

“The facts are that it’s a very, very small percentage of the criminal element in society that commits 80 to 90% of the violent crime,” DeWine said.

“And so, what we’re doing in Cincinnati, what we’ve done in Cleveland, what we’

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