{"id":93017,"date":"2017-09-15T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=93017"},"modified":"2017-09-15T08:06:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:06:32","slug":"patrol-announces-ovi-checkpoint-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/15\/patrol-announces-ovi-checkpoint-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrol announces OVI checkpoint location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Van Wert Police Department, announced that an OVI checkpoint will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday on Ohio 118, approximately a quarter of a mile south of Fox Road in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/osplogo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"160\" \/>The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers. The checkpoint will include nearby saturation patrols to aggressively combat alcohol- and drug-related injury and fatal crashes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent data has shown there have been 36 OVI related crashes, as well as 139 OVI arrests made within a three-mile radius of the checkpoint location,\u201d said Lt. Tim Grigsby, commander of the Van Wert Post. \u201cThe purpose of the checkpoint, as well as the advance notice media releases, is to educate the public of the dangers of impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to drive home a simple point: Don\u2019t endanger the lives of our citizens with a reckless and irresponsible decision to drive while impaired,\u201d Lt. Grigsby added.<\/p>\n<p>Those who plan to consume alcohol should designate a sober driver or make travel arrangements before they drink. Don\u2019t let another life be lost for the senseless and selfish act of driving a motor vehicle while impaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Van Wert Police Department, announced that an OVI checkpoint will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday on Ohio 118, approximately a quarter of a mile south of Fox Road in Van Wert. The OVI checkpoint, funded by [&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-93017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 14:13:37","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\/93017","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=93017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}