{"id":80232,"date":"2016-09-26T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=80232"},"modified":"2016-09-26T08:39:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:39:22","slug":"odps-offering-safer-ohio-phone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/09\/26\/odps-offering-safer-ohio-phone-app\/","title":{"rendered":"ODPS offering &#8216;Safer Ohio&#8217; phone app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212;\u00a0The Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) is encouraging the public to download its \u201cSafer Ohio\u201d phone app, Ohio\u2019s multi-function, mobile public safety tool for reporting suspicious activity, requesting emergency or roadside help and monitoring traffic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Safer Ohio phone app is a component of the ODPS Safer Ohio Initiative. The app has the \u201cSee Something, Send Something\u201d function that allows people to report information and send photos of suspicious activity to Ohio Homeland Security. Also available on the multi-functional app is a button for connecting with a 9-1-1 dispatcher, a function that dispatches the Ohio State Highway Patrol or other law enforcement officer to a non-emergency traffic situation, and connection with the Ohio Department of Transportation\u2019s OH-GO application for real-time traffic reports throughout Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are experiencing an emergency should always call 9-1-1 first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the Safer Ohio phone app, anyone in Ohio can provide critical information to our 24\/7 public safety intelligence analysts that can potentially save lives and protect critical infrastructure,\u201d said John Born, ODPS director.\u00a0\u201cThis app also allows another way for the general public to connect with law enforcement to receive non-emergency assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The user-friendly app is available through the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212;\u00a0The Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) is encouraging the public to download its \u201cSafer Ohio\u201d phone app, Ohio\u2019s multi-function, mobile public safety tool for reporting suspicious activity, requesting emergency or roadside help and monitoring traffic conditions. The Safer Ohio phone app is a component of the ODPS Safer Ohio Initiative. The [&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-80232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 17:18:47","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\/80232","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=80232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}