{"id":194407,"date":"2025-06-30T20:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=194407"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T01:52:53","slug":"oshp-seeking-title-of-best-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/06\/30\/oshp-seeking-title-of-best-looking\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHP seeking title of &#8220;Best Looking&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio State Highway Patrol is asking for the public\u2019s help, but it\u2019s not a call or witnesses or information about a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OSHP is once again competing for the title of \u201cBest Looking Cruiser,\u201d and&nbsp; needs the public\u2019s help to make that happen. The American Association of State Troopers (AAST) \u201cBest Looking Cruiser\u201d contest is an annual competition where state law enforcement agencies submit photos of their patrol vehicle. The top 13 photos, based on public votes, are featured in the AAST\u2019s annual calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-OSHP-cruiser.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194408\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ohio State Highway Patrol is competing for the title of &#8220;Best Looking Cruiser.&#8221; <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The contest is a way to encourage friendly competition between law enforcement agencies across the country, while also allowing the opportunity for our individual agencies to connect with the communities we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the OSHP, the Patrol\u2019s cruiser, along with the Flying Wheel logo, represents the agency\u2019s commitment to providing unbiased, professional public safety services through inclusion, collaboration and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can cast a vote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit our contest webpage by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/statepatrol.ohio.gov\/media\/all-news\/vote-oshp-for-best-looking-cruiser\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the \u201cVote Here\u201d link on the right side of your screen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*Scroll down to OSHP photo and vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Voting is open from now until 5 p.m. Friday, July 11. You can vote once per day per device, so be sure to bookmark the page on your devices and cast your vote daily. You may need to clear your browser\u2019s cache and cookies each day to vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; The Ohio State Highway Patrol is asking for the public\u2019s help, but it\u2019s not a call or witnesses or information about a crime. OSHP is once again competing for the title of \u201cBest Looking Cruiser,\u201d and&nbsp; needs the public\u2019s help to make that happen. The American Association of State [&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-194407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 08:21:44","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\/194407","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=194407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194409,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194407\/revisions\/194409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}