Miscellaneous

Ohio Drunk Driver Database

By PI Magazine (Tamara Thompson and Rosemarie Mesis)

A database of convicted drunk drivers is slated to go online by the end of 2008, hosted by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Ohio’s SB 17 mandates the creation of an Internet registry listing personal information on repeat offenders. Read the press release that details the characteristics of the Habitual OVI/OMWI Offender Registry.

All offenders having 5 or more OVI/OMWI convictions (or equivalent offenses) in the past 20 years must be listed on the Registry, to include:
? Offender?s name
? Date of birth
? Residential address including street address, municipal corporation or township, county and zip code
? Number of times within the preceding 20 years the offender has been convicted of an OVI/OMWI violation
? Dates of OVI/OMWI violation

The Registry must be made available to the public online, to be searchable by the offender?s name, county or zip code.

Add this to the growing collection of boutique criminal registries.

Full post as published by PI buzz on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).