News at the Sheriff's Office
Ross County Sheriffs Office Receives $14,930.74 in Traffic Safety Grants
Ross County Sheriff George W. Lavender today announced the Ohio Department
of Public Safety's (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) awarded 14,934~
74 in federal traffic safety funding to the Ross County Sheriff's Office for
federal fiscal year 2010.
The Ross County Sheriff's Office has identified several areas of the county
for specific traffic enforcement based on accident data. To save lives and
make the most impact, the Sheriff's office will use the grant funds to
increase traffic enforcement in the Bainbridge, Frankfort, and Kingston
areas, as well as having increased enforcement on the Memorial day, July 4th,
and Labor Day holiday periods.
These funds are passed through OTSO from the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus
on traffic safety priority areas such as restraint use, impaired driving,
motorcycle safety and youthful drivers. In the past three years, Ohio's
roadway fatalities have decreased to near record lows. There were 1,191
fatalities on Ohio's roads in 2008, down from 1,257 in 2007 and 1,239 in
2006. The Ross County Sheriff's Office is working to continue that trend in
Chillicothe and Ross County.
| Internet Scams Lately citizens have been getting emails from someone posing as Bank of America. The email says that different computers have tried to log into the persons account with multiple password failures. The email is asking you to reconfirm your account information. If you don't, your account will be suspended indefinitely. If you get this email or similar emails, DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION. A credit card company should never email you for your account information. |
| Online Incident/Accident Reporting System Due to the overwhelming positive response to our poll, As of March 15th, The Sheriff's Office has introduced a online reporting system to report "minor' incidents and auto accidents. |
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