The Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced the results of the 36th Annual “Circle Toledo” OVI enforcement initiative. This effort began at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 5and concluded at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 6.
“Circle Toledo” is a 16-hour OVI enforcement effort to increase awareness of the dangers associated with impaired driving, in addition to removing impaired drivers from our roadways. The counties covered as part of this initiative included Lucas, Wood, Henry, Fulton, and Hancock in Ohio, and Lenawee and Monroe in Michigan.
At the conclusion of the 16-hour initiative, the participating agencies reported the following statistics:
24 Impaired Driver Arrests (OVI)
412 Total Vehicles Stopped
14 Seatbelt Violations
152 Total Citations Issued
Among the 18 agencies participating were Bowling Green Police Division and Wood County Sheriff’s Office.
