Chasing speeders, seizing drugs and keeping our highways safe: A ride-along with 29 year veteran of The Ohio State Highway Patrol (Ret) Sgt. William R. Bancroft, Administrative Investigations Unit

Thank you so much for joining us for this brand new, smokin’ hot episode of “Light ‘Em Up”. We focus on leadership, the criminal justice system and crime scene investigation. We enlighten, educate and empower others with the truth. Like it or not … the truth disturbs, the truth divides, but ultimately the truth delivers. We are grateful to you for subscribing and following our rapidly growing and wildly popular podcast.  We currently have a global footprint in over 53 countries around the world – that is an addition of 7 more countries since our last published episode --- an exciting fact that we are very proud of.  Without you, our listeners, we would never have accomplished this feat.  THANK YOU! Today we have the distinct honor and privilege to sit down with a colleague and friend of mine and someone who I have tremendous respect for in the security industry --- (Ret) Sgt. William R. Bancroft with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.  Sgt. Bancroft, Administrative Investigations Unit, retired on April 7, 2017, after 29 years with the Patrol. He joined the Patrol in March 1988 as a member of the 117th Academy Class. He was assigned to the Hiram Post, where he was selected as Post and District Trooper of the Year in 1991. As a trooper he served at the Canfield Post, Aviation Section and Warren District Criminal Investigations.In 2011, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. As a sergeant, he served at the Ravenna and Warren posts, as well as the Administrative Investigations Unit.  In this episode we drill down on:  ● The major services that the OSHP provides the citizens of the Great State of Ohio on a daily basis. ● What some of the core values that are instilled into each and every one of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s new recruits, and continually reinforced to all of officers.● Interdicting drugs from the highways. ● Is there any truth to “quotas”, that officers are said to have to write a certain number of speeding tickets, say, in any fixed period of time?● Are higher speed limits safer for the public?  ● Radar --- the device that measures your speed on the highway -- more specifically stationary, moving and LIDAR: What it is and how does the Ohio State Highway Patrol use each application in carrying out their daily duties. ● Fatal crashes and the importance of wearing a safety belt. ● The legal blood-alcohol limit in the State of Ohio for operating a vehicle. ● If a driver is travelling over 100 mph --- is that an automatic arrest? ● How essential K-9 officers have become to the demands of 21st century policing.  All this, and so much more on this special edition of: “Light‘ Em Up”. Thanks so much for tuning in! I hope you enjoy this episode!With much respect and gratitude, Executive ProducerPhil Rizzo  We want to hear from you!Support the show