General Headquarters — Columbus, Ohio

For Immediate Release: June 22, 2007
Contact: Lt. Tony Bradshaw (614) 752-2792

Ohio State Highway Patrol and Ontario Provincial Police
to sign Partnership Agreement

When: Saturday, June 23, 3:00 p.m.

Where: Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy, 740 East 17th Avenue

Who: Colonel Richard H. Collins, Superintendent, Ohio State Highway Patrol
Director Henry Guzmán, Ohio Department of Public Safety
Commissioner Julian Fantino, Ontario Provincial Police
Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter, Ontario Provincial Police

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be signing a partnership agreement that completes a five-day visit by the OPP to Columbus, Ohio. The relationship began in 2004 when the OPP invited the Patrol to Ontario to brief officers on the Patrol’s LifeStat 1.0 initiative. The relationship has developed over the years to include training and consultation on improved highway traffic safety and lowering traffic-related fatalities, as well as motorcycle safety, the use of aviation resources to supplement enforcement efforts, and vital information sharing for enhanced homeland security.

Editor’s Note: To obtain video footage of this agreement signing and other events pertaining to the Ontario Provincial Police visit to Ohio, follow the satellite downlink information below:

- Satellite – Galaxy 3 C21 (C-Band Transponder 21]
- Download Coordinates – 4120 MHz [H]
- Saturday, June 23 – 5 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. (video will be 7 minutes in duration, and will run two times)

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