Governor DeWine Supports Local Drug Task Forces with $2.2 Million in RecoveryOhio Funding

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced LAST WEEK that nearly three dozen local drug task forces in Ohio are receiving state support to aid in their work to disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention, and recovery.

More than $2.2 million in grants from Governor DeWine’s RecoveryOhio Law Enforcement Fund will be awarded to 34 existing drug task forces to help officers identify high-level drug traffickers, dismantle large drug trafficking organizations, interrupt the flow of money and drugs from international cartels, and prevent the sale of illegal narcotics.

Licking County Sheriff’s Office Licking $10,000.00

Mansfield Police Department Richland $100,000.00

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