{"id":82801,"date":"2016-12-21T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=82801"},"modified":"2016-12-21T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:19:14","slug":"latta-given-ride-in-state-patrol-cruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/12\/21\/latta-given-ride-in-state-patrol-cruiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta given ride in State Patrol cruiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) accompanied Captain Gene Smith of the Ohio State Highway Patrol on a\u00a0ride along Tuesday morning to get an up-close view of the duties troopers\u00a0carry out on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82802\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Latta-and-Gene-Smith-on-patrol-12-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Congressman Bob Latta is shown with Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain Gene Smith on Tuesday morning. (photo submitted)\" width=\"330\" height=\"317\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>U.S. Congressman Bob Latta is shown with Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain Gene Smith on Tuesday morning.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith, former Van Wert post commander from 2001-2008, is currently commander of the\u00a0Patrol&#8217;s Findlay District, which includes Van Wert County.<\/p>\n<p>The Patrol, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, has approximately 1,600 officers, who are tasked with providing statewide traffic services to keep roadways safe, emergency response and support services, investigations of criminal activities on state-owned property, and security for the Governor and other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoining Captain Smith this morning gave me a front-seat view of the services that troopers in the Ohio State Highway Patrol provide on a daily basis,\u201d said Latta. \u201cIt was very apparent the professionalism and sense of duty that these troopers consistently display while keeping our roadways safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s emergency response situations or criminal investigations, the Highway Patrol continues to contribute to a safer Ohio,\u201d\u00a0Latta noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) accompanied Captain Gene Smith of the Ohio State Highway Patrol on a\u00a0ride along Tuesday morning to get an up-close view of the duties troopers\u00a0carry out on a daily basis. Smith, former Van Wert post commander from 2001-2008, is currently commander of the\u00a0Patrol&#8217;s Findlay District, which includes [&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-82801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 02:53:39","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\/82801","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=82801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}