North Ridgeville Review The Community That Cares
The North Ridgeville Police Department has secured two federal traffic grant awards totaling $63,964 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Traffic Safety Office for the High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) Program. The grants will fund overtime for high-visibility traffic enforcement between October 2026 and September 2027.
High Visibility Enforcement combines increased visibility and proactive law enforcement to address specific traffic safety issues, deter unlawful driving behaviors, and reduce crashes. The need for these efforts is reflected in local crash data, which shows that over a three-year period, North Ridgeville had 147 impaired driving crashes, resulting in 34 injuries and two fatalities.
The first grant, Impaired Driving Enforcement Program (IDEP), provides $31,232 to help reduce the number of drug or alcohol-related fatal and serious injury crashes, primarily during the evening and overnight hours. The North Ridgeville Police Department will increase its visibility and presence in higher-risk areas to support these efforts.
The second grant, Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP), provides $32,732 to focus on high-visibility enforcement primarily during rush hour and daytime hours to reduce traffic-related fatal and serious injury crashes. The enforcement efforts target speed, occupant protection, distracted driving, aggressive driving, failure to yield, motorcycle crash reduction, and other traffic safety concerns.
The grant funds are provided through the Ohio Traffic Safety Office by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to support the efforts of safety partners statewide.
