{"id":130461,"date":"2020-04-17T21:25:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T02:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=130461"},"modified":"2020-04-17T21:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T02:25:03","slug":"ohio-a-g-donates-ppes-to-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/04\/17\/ohio-a-g-donates-ppes-to-sheriffs-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio A-G donates PPEs to sheriff’s office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Thursday announced the donation of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to sheriff\u2019s departments across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur mission at BCI is to support local law enforcement — usually by processing a crime scene or DNA — but today, we are donating the PPE critically needed by first responders,\u201d Yost said. \u201cThis pandemic requires everyone to do their part, and we\u2019re proud to chip in with these supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office deputies pose with personal protection equipment (PPE) donated to the local department by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Office. photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

BCI\u2019s laboratory is donating over 30,000 gloves, 1,428 masks, 642 lab coats, and other various items of clothing. These supplies will shield first responders during the current national shortage of PPE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese critical supplies will help protect deputies as we continue to operate our jails and patrol the streets,\u201d said Auglaize County Sheriff Allen Solomon, president of the Buckeye State Sheriffs\u2019 Association. \u201cWe’re grateful to Attorney General Yost for this much-needed donation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PPE donations are being directed to some of the smallest sheriff\u2019s offices across the state, which often have stretched budgets and may have the greatest need for supplies. Sheriff\u2019s offices receiving PPE include: Adams, Carroll, Clinton, Coshocton, Fayette, Gallia, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Noble, Paulding, Perry, Pike, Putnam, Union, Van Wert, Vinton, and Wyandot counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert County Sheriff Thomas M. Riggenbach was also grateful for the PPEs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to say \u2018thank you\u2019 to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for the donation of PPE to the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d the sheriff said. \u201cThese critical items will be very beneficial to the deputies, correction officers, and other employees of the Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s Office, as we continue to provide service to the public in Van Wert County during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the PPE donations, masks used by BCI while processing evidence during its normal course of business will be sent to Battelle\u2019s Critical Care Decontamination System, which sterilizes masks, allowing for their reuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Thursday announced the donation of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to sheriff\u2019s departments across the state. \u201cOur mission at BCI is to support local law enforcement — usually by processing a crime scene or DNA — but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 05:46:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}