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Saturday, October 9, 2010

OHIO,,Montgomery Co. receives $82K in traffic safety grants

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http://newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2010/10/montgomery-co-receives-82k-in.html Montgomery Co. receives $82K in traffic safety grants By Matt Natali @ October 5, 2010 12:04 PM Permalink | Comments (0) MONTGOMERY CO., Ohio - Sherriff Phil Plummer today announced the Ohio Department of Public Safety's (ODPS) Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) awarded nearly $82,000 in Federal Traffic safety funding to the Montgomery County Sherriff's Office for federal fiscal year 2010.
The funds are passed through the OTSO from the highway traffic safety administration to support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority such as restraint use, impaired driving, motorcycle safety and youth drivers.
Crash data shows 120 fatal crashes have occurred in Montgomery County over the three-year period of 2007-09. To reduce these numbers, deputies from the Montgomery County Sherriff's Office will be conducting high visibility enforcement, working overtime hours and holding educational and awareness events with the grant funds.
In the past three years, Ohio's roadway fatalities have decreased to near record lows and the Sherriff's office is working to continue that trend in Montgomery County.