(D) All marked
vehicles of Ohio county sheriffs shall display the following standard car
markings:
(1) A five point star, eighteen
inches wide, shall be placed on each front door, one inch from the front
quarter panel. The star shall be screen-printed with six ink colors: P.M.S. 485
red, process blue, emerald green (P.M.S. 341), P.M.S. 462 brown, white, and
reflex blue.
Each star will have a P.M.S. 485 red edge border. The design of
the great seal of the state shall be reproduced in full color in the center of
each star. The design of the great seal shall consist of the coat of arms of
the state printed in reflex blue, emerald green (P.M.S. 341), white, and P.M.S.
462 brown. The coat of arms shall be surrounded by the words, "THE GREAT SEAL
OF THE STATE OF OHIO," printed in white with a reflex blue frame.
The great seal shall be surrounded by a circular border in
which the name of the county is printed in uppercase letters below the great
seal and the word "SHERIFF" is printed above the seal. The lettering shall be
reflex blue. The name of the sheriff, printed in reflex blue uppercase letters,
may be placed in a custom-designed rocker panel above the word
"SHERIFF."
(2) The word
"SHERIFF," produced on a forty-five inch pre-aligned, pre-spaced panel, shall
be placed on the front and rear vehicle doors, parallel to the ground.
(a) The panel shall be positioned so that no
letter is split between the doors of the vehicle. On the driver's side, the
word "SHERIFF" should begin approximately four inches to the right of the star
prescribed in paragraph (D)(1) of this rule. On the passenger's side. The word
"SHERIFF" should end approximately four inches to the right of the
star.
(b) The lettering shall be
seven inches high, uppercase, in Isbella bold type, with a ten degree right
slant. The word "SHERIFF" will slant toward the rear of the vehicle on the
driver's side and toward the front of the vehicle on the passenger's
side.
(3) Striping in two
and one-half inch and one inch widths shall be applied to the two front quarter
panels and the two rear quarter panels, in alignment with the seven inch high
"SHERIFF" panels on the doors. Striping shall not extend onto the door panels.
(a) Striping shall be placed on the front
quarter panels as follows: The top stripe shall be two and one-half inches wide
with the top of the stripe level with the top of the word "SHERIFF" on the
doors; the middle stripe shall be one inch wide and placed one and one-half
inches below the top stripe; the bottom stripe shall be one inch wide and
placed one inch below the middle stripe; the distance from the top of the top
stripe to the bottom of the bottom stripe shall be seven inches.
(b) Striping shall be placed on the rear
quarter panels as follows: The top stripe shall be one inch wide with the top
of the stripe level with the top of the word "SHERIFF" on the doors; the middle
stripe shall be one inch wide and placed one inch below the top stripe; the
bottom stripe shall be two and one-half inches wide and placed one and one-half
inches below the middle stripe; the distance from the top of the top stripe to
the bottom of the bottom stripe shall be seven inches.
(4) A first to serve decal shall be placed on
each rear quarter panel, centered vertically on the bottom stripe and
horizontally between the rear wheel well and the taillight. If, in this
placement, the first to serve decal would be located on top of the fuel tank
fill cap and door, then the first to serve decal shall be placed to the rear of
the fuel tank fill cap and door. The template for placement of the decal shall
have instructions for placement and for removal of the existing stripe area.
The first to serve decal shall be produced on an oval patch ten
inches wide and 6.68 inches high. The decal shall be screen-printed in seven
colors: white, P.M.S. 485 red, reflex blue, process blue, emerald green (P.M.S.
341), P.M.S. 462 brown, and translucent black.
The logo of the buckeye state sheriffs' association (BSSA),
consisting of an outline of the state of Ohio, the Ohio flag, and a badge,
shall be reproduced in the center of the decal on a black background. The BSSA
logo shall be 3.81 inches wide and 3.75 inches high. The flag shall have
seventeen white stars in the blue field and six white and six red stripes. The
badge shall be a five-point star with the great seal of the state of Ohio
depicted in the center. The design of the great seal shall conform to the
requirements of section
5.101
of the Revised Code.
The phrase "FIRST TO SERVE" shall arch above the BSSA logo and
the phrase "SINCE 1788" shall arch below. The lettering shall be uppercase,
Times 61.4834 point type.
(5) Front and rear license plates shall have
the following markings:
(a) The word "SHERIFF"
shall appear in one inch high reflective letters, being zurich bold centered at
the top of the plate,
(b) An Ohio
shape being P.M.S. 109 yellow shall be located on the left side of the
plate,
(c) The designated county
number, in P.M.S. 485 red numbers two inches high, shall be placed within the
Ohio shape,
(d) A vehicle number,
in reflective numbers, being zurich bold with a red border, three inches high,
shall be placed on the right side of the plate,
(e) A P.M.S. 109 yellow border shall frame
the entire plate.
(6) The
word "SHERIFF," produced on a twenty-seven inch pre-aligned, pre-spaced panel,
shall be centered on the trunk deck lid of each marked vehicle. The lettering
shall be three inches high, in uppercase "ISBELLA" bold type, with a ten degree
right slant.
(E) County
sheriffs may employ the following optional vehicle markings:
(1) The assigned vehicle number may be placed
on the roof of the vehicle to render it visible from the air,
(2) The name of a political subdivision for
which a sheriff provides services by contract may be placed on both upper rear
quarter panels, parallel to the ground in Isbella bold lettering one and
one-half inches high,
(3) If a
grill guard, such as a push bar or a bull bar, is installed on the vehicle,
then the word "SHERIFF" in all capital letters may be placed in the center of
the top bar. The text shall be of a font size that allows all parts of the
letter to be visible to a person standing in front of the
vehicle.