Take Control

07/15/2026

🚗 Last-Minute Opening for This Week's Teen Driving Class! 🚔

A last-minute cancellation means one spot has opened for our FREE Teen Driving Class!

This hands-on class is designed to help teen drivers build confidence, improve their driving skills, and learn valuable safety techniques from experienced law enforcement professionals.

📅 Date: Saturday, July 18th from 9:00am-12:00pm
💲 Cost: FREE
🎯 Who: Teen drivers

Don't miss this opportunity! The available spot will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Your teen can't make the class this weekend, the class is offered the 3rd Saturday of every month!

Contact us today! https://medinasheriff.org/programs/ -up-now

11/15/2025

Congrats to these teens who spent a Saturday morning learning advance driving skills. These are the students from the September, October, and November classes. Take Control is FREE and open to licensed teen drivers. We have openings for 2026 classes. You can sign up here ➡️ https://medinasheriff.org/programs/ -up-now

10/23/2025

This past weekend was a great weekend for advance teen driving instruction! Congrats to these teens who took advantage of our FREE class!!! Offered the 3rd Saturday of the month from 9a-12p at the Medina County Career Center

We have current openings for our January 17th class. Sign up here…. https://medinasheriff.org/programs/ -up-nowe

01/24/2024

Take Control was proud to be a part of the Ohio Traffic Safety Officeinitiative to promote advance teen driving.

OTSO Press Release: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Winter weather can make for dangerous driving conditions across Ohio, whether it’s snow, sleet or ice covering the roadways. The Ohio Traffic Safety Office (OTSO) believes all crashes can be prevented through proper training and awareness.
• Last winter (Dec. 2022 – March 2023), there were 10,256 crashes in Ohio on snow, ice or slush covered roads.
• 20 of those crashes resulted in 26 fatalities.
• 22% of those crashes were caused by unsafe speed, 20% were caused by driving off the road, and 14% were caused by following too close.
New teen drivers often lack the skills and experience necessary to drive safely in snow and ice. They can gain these skills through one of Ohio’s Advanced Driver Training programs. This hands-on instruction allows students to practice skid recovery, anti-lock braking system (ABS) exercises and other crash avoidance techniques with a licensed instructor on a closed course. Ohio has five schools for advanced driver training in five different counties. OTSO is promoting these programs with a new video and web page dedicated to Advanced Driver Training.

01/24/2024

Congratulations to these teens who spent a Saturday morning in December learning advance driving skills!

11/19/2023

Another great Take Control class! Please join me in congratulating these teens for spending their Saturday morning learning advance driving skills!

One mom shared feedback from her teen who attended “he has been talking about the class all day. He keeps saying it was really fun and you actually learn something.”

Currently scheduling for January 20, 2024 class. Email [email protected] to register.

10/28/2023

Another near-tragic accident in Medina County. Parents of new teen drivers, please consider signing your child up for the Take Control Teen Driving class. It is the 3rd Saturday of every month from 9:00am-12:00pm at the Medina County Career Center. The class is free (donations accepted) and taught by Law Enforcement. A few of the skills taught are skid recovery, evasive lane change, shuffle steering, and breaking.

Take Control is for teens after they receive their license. If interested in registering your teen please email [email protected]

A Sunday night crash in Granger Township that left four teens in the hospital, has the sheriff’s office is reminding young drivers to simply slow down.

08/24/2023

We have class openings for our September and October classes! The class is FREE for licensed teen drivers!

Please email [email protected] with your child's name, school they attend and your contact phone number.

07/19/2023

The July Take Control class! Congrats to these teens for going to extra mile in learning how to drive safely!!

We have openings for the August 19th class! Please email [email protected] to register your teen for this free class!! (Please include your name and contact phone number in the email).

07/10/2023

There are several openings for the class this weekend! This class is FREE!! Can't make it, Take Control is offered the 3rd Saturday of every month!

Email [email protected] to register!