CINCINNATI —

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine provided an update on a new initiative to reduce violent crime in Ohio by collaborating with the Dayton Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, and federal partners to target high-crime areas.

Teams will gather intelligence to locate wanted individuals known to be dangerous, repeat violent offenders. Advertisement

According to the Department of Public Safety, approximately half of all arrests for weapons violations involved adults who had been previously arrested five times or more.

"To the repeat, violent offenders who continuously disregard the law and illegally carry guns, we have this as a warning today. We're using the combined expertise of every one of these agencies to find you, to put you in jail, to put you in prison and get you out of

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