Alger
Village in Hardin County, 718 people.
Police
- Police
- Hardin County Sheriff's Office polices Alger and sends its reports to the FBI.
- FBI code
- OH0330300
- 824 people, the FBI's figure for 2025.
A department or FBI code is the place's own when its name is the place's and its FBI population fits the place's people (decisions city-or-town-is-its-police-department, left-out-code-is-its-place). Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
Where it sits
- County
- Hardin County
- People
- 718
- Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024
- Inside
- Marion township, a government of its own on the same ground.
How a case moves here
Alger follows Ohio law on arrests, release, and courts; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.
- Who decides release first
Every court must keep a bail schedule for misdemeanors so people can be released before they see a judge. When no judge, magistrate, or clerk is available, the sheriff, police, or jailer may set bail from that schedule. Only a judge or magistrate sets bail on a felony.
Ohio Rev. Code 2937.23Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(I)- Time to see a judge
A person arrested and still held must see a judicial officer for a bail hearing by the second court day after arrest. After a warrantless arrest, a judge or magistrate must also review probable cause within 48 hours, but that review can happen on paper. If the person had no lawyer at the first hearing and is still held, a second bail hearing with appointed counsel follows two court days later.
Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(J)Ohio Crim. R. 4(E)(2)- Money bail
Ohio courts may set money bail. The constitution tells courts to weigh public safety, the charge, and the person's record when setting the amount. State law requires the least restrictive conditions and any money terms to be the least costly that will bring the person back to court.
Ohio Const. art. I, sec. 9Ohio Rev. Code 2937.011(A)-(B)
Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. Crim.R. 46 was repealed July 1, 2023; bail rules now sit in R.C. 2937.011. Common pleas candidates may run in party primaries even though the general ballot is nonpartisan; not confirmed from statute text here. Magistrate lawyer requirement under Crim.R. 19 not read. That city prosecutors handle misdemeanors is general practice, not read from statute.
Crime
No figures