CLEVELAND (AP) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol says ticketing in the state's largest county increased by 28 percent last year following the opening of a patrol post there.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/WEn83C ) reports that the increase added up to more than 2,400 additional tickets in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County, which includes Cleveland and its near suburbs. Warnings issued by troopers in the county increased by nearly the same number.
The patrol opened a post in the northeast Ohio county last summer.
The agency reports that neighboring Lake, Medina and Lorain counties also saw double-digit increases in ticketing.
Statewide, the number of enforcement stops by the patrol grew by 11 percent in 2012.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
