Police receive free training through grant

Free traffic safety training will be available for more than 500 Ohio peace officers, the state announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the cost of tuition associated with the training will be paid for through a $120,000 grant recently awarded to the Attorney General's Office by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, which is responsible for administering the federal funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The training will be handled by Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, a division of the attorney general's office.
OPOTA plans to offer at least 30 courses to be covered by the grant funding, according to the state.

These include:

·Standardized Field Sobriety Testing

·RADAR and LIDAR Training and Re-Certification

·Traffic Collision Investigation

·Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement

·Advanced Traffic Collision Investigation

·Crash Investigation Techniques for the Patrol Officer

·Vehicle Dynamics Training

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