GALION, OH (CRAWFORD COUNTY NOW)—A new business in town is “making the cut” by offering customers shredding services at their doorstep.

Mid-Ohio Paper Shredding or MOPS, 5420 Millsboro Road, sends a shredding truck to homes and businesses, destroys documents in the driveway or parking lot while you watch, and then leaves clients with proof – a signed certificate of destruction.

Their motto? Don’t just shred it – MOP it.

“I try to be upfront with pricing and everything online,” said president and owner Collin Lawrence, “and why shredding your documentation is the safest way to protect your documents, your data, and your identity.”

The company, which opened in March, can shred anything from a single filing cabinet of records to a garage full of old boxes, Lawrence said, as well as show up on a regular basis. Their truck is also equipped to handle office and estate cleanouts.

Lawrence has more than 10 years’ experience handling classified information, first as a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, and still maintains an active TS/SCI clearance. He said ensuring the shredding process is safe is his number one priority.

In addition, he said, every job is done in-house with no subcontractors or unmarked trucks. “We run every job ourselves. When you call, you talk to the same person who shows up with the truck.”

Lawrence, 29, is a native of Nitro, West Virginia. He joined the Army at 18 and was a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. His entire career was spent in intelligence where he was entrusted with protecting Top-Secret government information.

“That’s why I chose this business. Your tax returns, your patients’ charts, your clients’ files – they deserve the same discipline,” he said. “I got into shredding to keep people’s information secure and to prevent the kind of data leaks that start with a box in the wrong dumpster.”

The MOPS truck travels anywhere within a two-hour radius of Galion and makes dedicated trips to the Charleston-Huntington corridor of West Virginia where Lawrence grew up for larger projects, including cleanouts and commercial accounts.

The company this fall hosted Community Shred Days at CSI Insurance in Galion and at Bucyrus United Methodist Church. Lawrence said MOPS recently signed a contract with the city of Galion to drop off a shredding bin every month at the utility office.

Although he now works as an engineer for Amazon Web Services, Lawrence said he eventually hopes to make paper shredding his full-time job. He also has plans to add another vehicle to the MOPS fleet in 2027.

His wife, Allazae, serves as vice president of MOPS. Additional information is available online at mopsops.com or by calling 567-202-2660.