“Our focused efforts to combat the increase in fireworks complaints led to the seizure of some items Wednesday,” the department posted on Twitter. “Community Problem Response Team members and the Dayton Bomb Squad will be out again tonight. Reminder: fireworks are not legal or safe to discharge.”
#Fireworks -- Our focused efforts to combat the increase in fireworks complaints led to the seizure of some items Wednesday.
— Dayton Police Dept. (@DaytonPolice) July 2, 2020
Community Problem Response Team members & the Dayton Bomb Squad will be out again tonight.
Reminder: fireworks are not legal or safe to discharge pic.twitter.com/mQmllSxL8j
Dayton Police Lt. John Riegel said Wednesday that the department isn’t sure what’s behind the uptick in reports.
While fireworks are legal to purchase, it is illegal for the general public set off most of them, with exceptions for sparklers and similar fireworks that don’t leave the ground.
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Dayton isn’t the only city in the Miami Valley seeing an increase in fireworks.
Springfield police said the city's seen a "dramatic increase" in fireworks.
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