OSHP Findlay District 1

• Lima - 419-228-2421
• Defiance - 419-784-1025
• Findlay - 419-423-1414
• Toledo - 419-865-5544
• Van Wert - 419-238-3055
• Bowling Green- 419-352-2481

• On October 15, 2005, a rally involving members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) turned into a riot when conflict arose between NSM members and residents of a north Toledo neighborhood. After Toledo Mayor Jack Ford requested assistance from Governor Bob Taft, 50 Findlay District troopers, and 100 troopers overall, responded to help restore order. Two months later, more than 100 troopers were part of a cooperative law enforcement response that maintained order at a second NSM event.
• About 20 percent of troopers' enforcement contact included safety belt enforcement. These efforts are vital as 45 percent of fatal crash victims in the district during 2005 were not wearing safety belts. According to quarterly surveys, the safety belt use rate in northwest Ohio was around 80 percent.
• Troopers targeted aggressive driving violations with a particular emphasis on failure to yield, which was the leading causative factor in fatal crashes within the district (43 percent).
• Alcohol was also a significant factor in fatal crashes - 27 percent in rural areas and more than 35 percent in metropolitan areas. Findlay troopers arrested 2,682 impaired drivers in 2005 and participated in four sobriety checkpoints.
• In support of the Patrol initiative to increase safety on routes parallel to the Ohio Turnpike, troopers focused on commercial vehicle safety. A 22 percent increase in commercial enforcement contributed to commercial vehicle involvement in just 12 percent of fatal crashes in the district.
• Findlay District troopers recovered 66 stolen vehicles and made more than 160 felony arrests.