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Local
Events
August
20-September 6
Traffic
safety blitz
Over The Limit Under Arrest
Nationwide
event
Thursday
September 2
Northeast
Neighborhood Association meeting Mattie Marsh park
7:00
p.m.
Saturday
October 30
Halloween
Party Mattie Marsh Park
6:00
p.m. till 7:30 p.m.
The
Tragedy of Drunk Driving
Imagine
the public outrage if 29 jumbo jets — each carrying about 400 people —
crashed every year in
America
, killing all on board. That’s the equivalent of the toll our country suffers
annually due to impaired driving. But where’s the indignation over this
catastrophe?
The fact is that impaired-driving deaths did
decline dramatically during the 1980s through the early 1990s. Social activism,
including the rise of organizations such as MADD, led to tighter laws that
helped bring the death toll down. During that period, every State — plus the
District of Columbia
— made it illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08
grams per deciliter or above. In addition to that, the legal drinking age was
raised from 18 to 21.
Although data show that impaired driving fatalities across the country
have declined by almost 10 percent in the last year, the numbers are still too
high. In 2008 alone, the latest year for which we have data, nearly 12,000
people died in crashes in which a driver or motorcycle rider was at or over the
legal limit (BAC of .08 g/dL or higher), according to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
Because we’re committed to ending this tragedy, Bryan Police Department
will join with others throughout the Nation during the coming Labor Day holiday
for an intensive crackdown on impaired driving. This nationwide enforcement
campaign is aimed at the most likely offenders, 21- to 34-year-old males. It
runs from August 20 through September 6.
As police officers, our message during this crackdown and all year long
is clear and unwavering: Drunk Driving.
Over the Limit. Under Arrest. With stepped-up law enforcement throughout the
Nation — including sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols — if we catch
you driving drunk, you will face serious consequences.
License Plates Required and Registration
Stickers Now Required for All Purpose Vehicles
COLUMBUS – Effective
June 7, 2010, all purpose vehicles (APVs) will be required to have a license
plate and registration sticker. The license plate and registration sticker are
permanent and must remain with the vehicle, displayed in plain sight. A $34.75
registration fee will be collected for the issuance of a three year
registration. All registrations are for three years and expire on Dec. 31, in
the third year after the date of issuance. Application for renewal of a
registration may be made no earlier than 90 days prior to expiration. An
Ohio
Certificate of Title must be presented to register an off highway motorcycle or
APV.
APV license plates are embossed with a “bright orange,” five
character combination with APV vertically on the left side of a typical
motorcycle size “Beautiful Ohio,” plate design.
APV owners will be required to replace their APV decal with an APV license plate
with any transaction until all decals have been replaced. Any current decals
remain valid until their expiration, when they must be replaced with an APV
license plate. Registration certificates for snowmobiles, off highway
motorcycles, minibikes, and trail bikes will continue to be accompanied by an
alphanumeric decal that is applied to the vehicle. No registration is required
for APV’s that are used primarily for agricultural purposes when the owner
qualifies for the current agricultural use valuation tax credit, unless it is to
be used on any public land, trail, or right of way.
APV License Plates do not entitle the rider to operate the APV on public
roadways. Laws regarding operation of APV’s have not changed. For
more information, log onto www.bmv.ohio.gov
Severe Weather Warning Sirens
Guidelines:
The Severe Weather Warning
Sirens shall be activated when either of the following has been met:
1. Notification
received over the NOAA Weather Alert Radio, located in the dispatch office, that
includes in the message issued by the National Weather Service that either
Bryan is in the path of a Severe Storm and/or Tornado Warning or that the Severe
Storm and or Tornado Warning is issued for all of Williams County.
a. A severe storm is that which includes winds in excess of
50 miles per hour and or hail in excess of 1/2 inch (as defined by the National
Weather Service, North Webster Indiana)
2. A
reported confirmed sighting by a Public Safety Officer, (police
officer/firefighter) of a severe storm with property damage, injuries, rapid
rotation, wall cloud, funnel cloud or tornado.
Posted June 21, 2010
Slow for the Cone Zone Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is continuing to building
off of the efforts of April's National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, a
coast-to-coast effort to reduce accidents in highway construction zones, by
further emphasizing this important theme.
Aimed at reducing the 5,000 accidents in construction zones last year,
ODOT is urging drivers to look up, hang up cell phones, and go “slow for the
cone zone” during this summer’s historic construction season.
With more than 1,600 transportation construction projects underway this
summer in Ohio – including projects in every county – safety
experts say it’s even more critical that drivers be alert and follow posted
speed limits when traveling through construction zones.
“There are a lot of variables in work zones - the cones, signs,
equipment and workers. With reduced speed limits and traffic lane shifts,
it’s important to slow down and be aware of your surroundings in a work zone
at all times of the day - for everyone’s safety,” said ODOT Director Jolene
M. Molitoris.
In 2009, there were 5,012 crashes in work zones along
Ohio
’s roadways. 13 people lost their lives. While the numbers are down from the
year before, it still represents one work zone crash every two hours in
Ohio
.
An ODOT analysis shows that the causes of most work zone related crashes
are speeding, vehicles following too close together, and drivers making improper
lane changes. Safety experts are taking special aim this year at motorists who
are using cell phones while driving through work zones.
To help drivers safely navigate
Ohio
’s historic construction season, ODOT is offering the latest information on
all of the construction projects in
Ohio
that might impact travel on www.BuckeyeTraffic.org.
ODOT’s premier website offers up-to-the-minute road conditions and details on
highway construction projects in every area of the state.
So please do your part for safety – for yourself, your family,
other motorists and the hardworking folks in construction areas throughout
the state – by remembering to take it Slow for the Cone Zone. Posted June 13, 2010
Public Service Announcements
Criminal Acts. Strange News
and Trivia
Homeless man
calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa BEAVERTON,
Ore.
(AP) - A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban
Portland
home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing
instead. Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called 911 from his cell
phone, identified himself as "the sheriff of
Washington
County
," and asked for medical help. He later admitted he wasn't the sheriff but
informed the dispatcher he'd been "yelling for about an hour and a
half."
The man said in his Sunday morning call that he'd been in the water about
10 hours and his towels had gotten wet. As he put it, "I just need a hug
and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in
it."
The Oregonian newspaper says arriving officers arrested Eskelsen for
investigation of second-degree criminal trespass and improper use of 911. Information
from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
MyWay Strange News September 2, 2010
Police:
Sneezing fit caused NY woman to crash car NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) - Police in
New York
say a woman had a sneezing fit that caused her to drive off a road, crash into
several trees and plow through a fence.
Authorities say 62-year-old
Mary
Jane Amelio (uh-MEEL'-ee-oh), of
Clinton
, was driving Thursday morning in New Hartford, near
Utica
, when she began to sneeze.
New
Hartford
police say her car left the road, hit several small trees and crashed through a
fence before coming to a stop.
Amelio was taken to a hospital, where she was listed in fair condition
after suffering injuries to her head, neck, back and leg.
Police say she was ticketed for failure to keep right. MyWay Strange
News August 27, 2010
Due
to the number of request and the cost of the police patch the department is
unable to exchange patches. Some officers trade patches and you may contact us
to trade a used patch
trade.
2010 City of Bryan Car
Crashes
updated 09/02/2010
bottom row indicates year to date totals
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
28
29
21
28
18
28
21
22
28
57
78
106
124
152
173
195
2009 City of Bryan Car
Crashes updated 12/31/2009
bottom row indicates year to date totals