Butler County OVI Task Force receives funding for 2019

The Butler County OVI Task Force announced that the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office awarded $224,999 in federal traffic safety funding to the city of Oxford for the fiscal year 2019.

The Butler County OVI Task Force, which is comprised of law enforcement agencies in Butler County, will utilize this funding to continue their ongoing battle against impaired drivers through the implementation of sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols.

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“These funds are critical to ensuring that we are doing everything possible to keep our streets safe,” said Pete Reising, BCOVITF coordinator. “This funding will benefit the citizens of Butler County as we continue our mission to save lives and make our roadways safer.”

BCOVITF participating agencies include Middletown police, Hamilton police, Fairfield police; Fairfield Twp. police; Miami University police; Monroe police; New Miami police; Ohio State Highway Patrol; Oxford police; Oxford Twp. police; Ross Twp. police; Trenton police; and West Chester police.

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Ed Richter

Ed Richter has been a working journalist for 38 years, with the last 34 years working in various capacities covering Butler and Warren counties as a reporter and an editor. Richter covers local news and governments in Warren County focusing on Springboro, Lebanon, Franklin, Carlisle and Waynesville.