Kasich appoints Wilmington native as Inspector General

WILMINGTON -­ On Wednesday Governor-elect John Kasich appointed Randy Meyer, of Wilmington, as Ohio Inspector General.

For the past two decades Randy Meyer has served and protected the citizens of Ohio in a diverse array of law enforcement and public service roles, most recently in the Auditor of State's office, where from 2003 to 2010 he provided leadership under two different State Auditors. In 2007 Meyer was named Chief of Investigations in the Auditor's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), a unit comprised of peace officers specializing in investigating public corruption and misspent taxpayer dollars. In 2008, the SIU received a national award from the National White Collar Crime Center for Meyer's leadership in preventing, in-vestigating and prosecuting economic and high-tech crimes.

Prior to leading the Special Investigations Unit, Meyer served as a senior investigator for Auditor of State Betty Montgomery, managing a public corruption caseload covering 35 of 88 counties and coordinating with local law enforcement officials and prosecutors on white collar crime cases. In this capacity, Meyer was instrumental in identifying for recovery millions of fraudulently spent dollars for the State of Ohio. 

After serving four years in the United States Navy, Meyer began his career in law enforcement in 1994 as a police officer with the Wilmington Police Department. He left the Department in 1999 to become a gang investigator for the Ohio Attorney General. 

Gov.-elect Kasich was joined Wednesday by Auditor of State and Lieutenant Governor-elect Mary Taylor in announcing the appointment at a press conference in Meyer's hometown of Wilmington in Clinton County.