Ben Suver
Assistant Director
Ohio Department of Public Safety
As Assistant Director, Benjamin Suver oversees various public safety and law enforcement divisions including the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC), Ohio Traffic Safety Office, Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center (ONIC), Office of Criminal Justice Services, Ohio Homeland Security, and Office of Law Enforcement Initiatives.
He joined the Ohio Department of Public Safety in January 2019 as the Director of Law Enforcement Initiatives and helped to establish the ONIC and the OSSC. Suver became Chief of Staff in January 2023.
Suver has over 28 years of experience in the criminal justice field, including a 14-year career at the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) where he served as Special Agent in Charge. At BCI, he supervised investigative operations for the southern district, which included special investigations, crime scene, narcotics, and crimes against children plus five statewide units: Environmental Enforcement, Forensic Accounting, Polygraph, Heroin, and Cyber Crimes. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office as Special Agent in 2005, Suver served as a Detective with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for over nine years.
Suver holds several degrees and certifications, including a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities/Humanistic Studies from Antioch University (McGregor) and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University.
He joined the Ohio Department of Public Safety in January 2019 as the Director of Law Enforcement Initiatives and helped to establish the ONIC and the OSSC. Suver became Chief of Staff in January 2023.
Suver has over 28 years of experience in the criminal justice field, including a 14-year career at the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) where he served as Special Agent in Charge. At BCI, he supervised investigative operations for the southern district, which included special investigations, crime scene, narcotics, and crimes against children plus five statewide units: Environmental Enforcement, Forensic Accounting, Polygraph, Heroin, and Cyber Crimes. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office as Special Agent in 2005, Suver served as a Detective with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for over nine years.
Suver holds several degrees and certifications, including a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities/Humanistic Studies from Antioch University (McGregor) and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University.