The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office will provide extra road patrol through Impaired Driving Enforcement Program’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Blitz. Deputies will be working the roadways between August 21 through September 7, 2015. Funding had been provided through grant monies awarded by the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO).
The county deputies also participated in the Fourth of July blitz patrolling 12 hours through the same grant, bringing a total of 246 hours since the grant started in October, 2015.
A total of 246 traffic stops have been made in Paulding County resulting in 3 OVI’s, 49 speed citations, 6 DUS arrests, 2 No Operator’s License Citations, 3 felony arrests and 16 other citations.
The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office has applied for this grant a second time, along with the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program grant. “I expect a notification within the next couple of months if our county qualifies for these grants,” states Sheriff Jason K. Landers.
