AP: Police retract support of Ohio senator

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The president of Ohio’s largest law enforcement organization says the group has rescinded its endorsement of a state senator after she sponsored a new law that limits bargaining by public unions.

Jay McDonald tells The Associated Press that the state board of the Fraternal Order of Police voted this past weekend to retract its endorsement of Sen. Shannon Jones. He says the Springboro Republican was notified Tuesday.

Jones won the endorsement in 2010, during a state Senate primary race. McDonald says the board felt Jones betrayed them by sponsoring the law.

The law affects more than 350,000 police, firefighters and other workers. They can negotiate wages and certain work conditions but not health care, sick time or pension benefits.

A message seeking comment from Jones was not immediately returned.