It takes a great deal to anger a police officer. The Jackson Township Police, however, is collectively fed up. It's not an unsolved case that has employees of the department frustrated. It's the drive to work. For nearly a week, the driveway to the Jackson Township police station at Fulton Road has been sitting behind a barricade at least five feet in height, placed there by the contractor hired by the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Fulton widening and improvement project.
Police officers claim the retaining wall is also too high and is causing a serious safety hazard.
The officers and other employees of the department claim the barricade has handicapped their service and will either slow down response time, inhibit it altogether or cause an accident. Ware said she also fears for her own personal safety, coming and going to work. It's one big traffic hazard. Lieutenant Glenn Goe said the way out is difficult. To get out of the police station, you have to creep out and take your chances.