{"id":186837,"date":"2024-11-30T00:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=186837"},"modified":"2024-11-30T00:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T05:55:04","slug":"lights-for-lives-deemed-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/11\/30\/lights-for-lives-deemed-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights for Lives deemed a success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 13th annual \u201cLights for Lives\u201d campaign proved to be another successful operation, demonstrating the positive impact of multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional collaboration. In the interest of public safety, the Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Findlay District, along with law enforcement agencies from Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Defiance, Henry, Wood, Putnam, Paulding, Hancock, Van Wert, Allen, and Hardin counties came together for this important initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Police-siren-2-22-2022-e1658363991503.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151597\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The \u201cLights for Lives\u201d campaign is a cooperative enforcement effort where officers focus on stopping vehicles committing traffic violations, activating their overhead lights during each stop with the goal of saving lives. This year&#8217;s operation took place from 6 p.m. Monday, November 25, to 6 a.m. Wednesday, November 27, marking the start of the holiday driving season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 36-hour traffic safety initiative, officers stopped 894 vehicles for traffic violations and issued 449 citations. Among these citations, 26 were for safety belt violations, underscoring the importance of safety belt usage. Additionally, officers removed eight impaired drivers from northwest Ohio roadways, potentially preventing impaired driving-related crashes from occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadway safety remains a shared responsibility and a commitment to safe driving habits can help ensure safer roadways for everyone. On behalf of all participating law enforcement agencies, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to always:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buckle up \u2013 It\u2019s the most effective way to save your life in the event of a crash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Move over \u2013 Motorists must move over when flashing lights are seen on the roadside. If unable to move over due to traffic or road conditions, motorists must slow down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never drive impaired \u2013 Designate a sober driver or make other travel arrangements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Motorists are encouraged to safely dial #677 or 911 to report impaired or reckless drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The 13th annual \u201cLights for Lives\u201d campaign proved to be another successful operation, demonstrating the positive impact of multi-agency and multi-jurisdictional collaboration. In the interest of public safety, the Ohio State Highway Patrol\u2019s Findlay District, along with law enforcement agencies from Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Defiance, Henry, Wood, Putnam, Paulding, Hancock, Van Wert, Allen, [&hellip;]<\/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-186837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 16:01:14","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\/186837","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=186837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186838,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186837\/revisions\/186838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}