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Hampden County, Massachusetts – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, September 11, 2009

By admin • Sep 7th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

State Police Sobriety Checkpoint
Colonel Mark F. Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Secondary State Highway.  The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and removing those motorists who [...]



Riverside, California – DUI Checkpoints and Patrols Continue Through Monday, September 7th, 2009

By admin • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Major Enforcement Effort Seeks to Save Lives- Avoid the 30 Riverside County Launches 3rd Weekend of Intensive Crackdown on Impaired Driving
Major Enforcement Effort Seeks to Save Lives- Avoid the 30 Riverside County Launches 3rd Weekend of Intensive Crackdown on Impaired Driving. Police vow to arrest everyone found driving ‘Over the Limit’
310 Impaired Drivers Arrested so [...]



Highland, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday, September 5th, 2009

By admin • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

The Highland Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, September 5, 2009, from 6:00p.m. to 2:00 a.m., at Victoria Avenue and Highland Avenue in the City of Highland. In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes. DUI checkpoints are conducted to identify offenders [...]



Tallahassee, Florida – Labor Day Weekend DUI Enforcment “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit, Under Arrest”

By admin • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Florida Highway Patrol Amps Up Enforcement During Labor Day Weekend
Florida Highway Patrol increases number of troopers on the road to deter crashes~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Highway Patrol will enhance enforcement during the Labor Day holiday weekend, which begins today and extends through Sept. 7. The Labor Day holiday caps off the summer season [...]



East Lansing, Michigan – DUI Crackdown in Force over Labor Day Holiday Weekend

By admin • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Troopers Watching for Unbelted Motorists and Drunk Drivers this Holiday Weekend
EAST LANSING. This Labor Day weekend, Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers will be patrolling the roads as part of the nationwide Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) traffic safety initiative.
“This weekend, troopers will put special emphasis on dangerous driving behaviors, unbelted motorists and those driving [...]



San Bernardino, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, September 4th, 2009

By admin • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Police Department Prepares for Weekend DUI Checkpoint
Traffic Sgt R. Lawhead explains that drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes.  The San Bernardino PD will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday, September 4, 2009 in the 300 block of W. Baseline Street, in San Bernardino. The checkpoint will be targeting those who still [...]



Dana Point, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, September 4th, 2009

By admin • Sep 3rd, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Traffic Safety Checkpoint in Dana Point
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint in the City of Dana Point on Friday, September 4, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m.
The checkpoints are part of a grant the Sheriff’s Department received from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety, and are [...]



Massachusetts – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Essex County on Saturday September 12th, 2009

By admin • Sep 3rd, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

State Police Sobriety Checkpoint
Colonel Mark F. Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Secondary State Highway.  The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and removing those motorists who [...]



Lincoln, Nebraska – DUI Saturation Patrols Scheduled for September 11-12, 2009

By admin • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Weekend Alcohol Saturation Detail
The Lincoln Police Department’s Northwest Team will be conducting an Alcohol Saturation Detail over the course of two nights in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadway. The detail will run Friday, September 11th and Saturday, September 12th. With college students back in school and a home football game scheduled, [...]



Vermont – DUI Checkpoints Scheduled for Caledonia and Essex County Through Labor Day Weekend, 2009

By admin • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Vermont State Police and Local Law Enforcement will be conducting DUI checkpoints throughout the Labor Day Weekend (Sept. 4-7th) in both Caledonia and Essex County’s.  There will also be additional patrols for aggressive DUI Enforcement.   We would like to remind everyone to drive safely and wear your seatbelts.
Sgt. Sean C. Selby
St. Johnsbury Patrol Commander
802-748-3111
802-748-1585(fax)
sselby@dps.state.vt.us
1068 U.S. [...]



Missouri – DUI Saturation Patrols in Greene, McDonald, And Dallas Counties September, 2009

By admin • Aug 28th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Driving While Intoxicated Saturations To Be Held In Greene, McDonald, And Dallas Counties
Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D Springfield, announces that driving while intoxicated saturations will be held in Greene, McDonald, and Dallas counties sometime during the month of September 2009.
“The Missouri State Highway Patrol is committed to removing intoxicated drivers from our [...]



Frederick, Maryland – Labor Day DUI Checkpoints and Enforcement 2009

By admin • Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

The Frederick Police Department announced today they are joining with other federal, state and local highway safety and law enforcement officials across the nation to remind those who plan on using alcohol during the Labor Day holiday this year to act responsibly by designating sober drivers before parties begin.  The Frederick Police Department and their [...]



Costa Mesa, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

By admin • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

DUI Checkpoint Press Release
The Costa Mesa Police Department will be conducting a sobriety / driver license checkpoint on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. The checkpoint will be located westbound Wilson Street, at Pomona Avenue. In addition to law breakers, the checkpoint is to bring about awareness to the dangers of [...]



Tallahassee, Florida – Statewide DUI Checkpoints and Increased Patrols Underway

By admin • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Friday, August 21, 2009
Florida Law Enforcement to Launch Statewide Crackdown on Impaired and Unsafe Driving Officers Vow to Arrest Everyone Found Driving ‘Over the Limit’ Tallahassee, Fla. – Beginning today, law enforcement officers across Florida will aggressively look for and arrest anyone found driving while impaired.
The effort is part of the annual, nationwide “Drunk Driving. [...]



Killeen, Texas – DUI Enforcment Efforts Begin Friday August 21st, 2009 Through Labor Day

By admin • Aug 21st, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Beginning Friday, August 21, 2009, and continuing through Monday, September 7, 2009, the Killeen Police Department will be scheduling extra patrols to be on the lookout for impaired and intoxicated drivers.
The extra patrols are a result of the department’s participation in a Texas Department of Transportation funded grant called the Impaired Driver Mobilization program. These [...]



Trenton, New Jersey – DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols Begin August 21st, 2009

By admin • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

“Over the Limit, Under Arrest” Drunk Driving Crackdown Begins this Weekend
– Law enforcement Agencies Throughout New Jersey Will Run Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols –
Trenton –Law enforcement agencies throughout New Jersey will conduct DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols as part of the annual “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” summer campaign, Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director [...]



Dover, Delaware – 3 DUI Checkpoints Scheduled for August 21st & 22nd 2009

By admin • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

19 Arrested for DUI in Week 7 of DUI Campaign
Dover – Delaware law enforcement officer arrested 19 individuals for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs during week six of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign (August 14th & 15th). Agencies conducting checkpoints included the New Castle County DUI Task Force (Newport), the Dover Police [...]



Sugar Land, Texas – DUI Enforcement Stepped-Up Throughout Labor Day Holidays

By admin • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

Sugar Land, Tx – The Sugar Land Police Department will increase drunk-driving enforcement along all major thoroughfares during the Labor Day holidays.
Funding for the enforcement initiative – Aug. 21 through Sept. 7 – comes from an $11,905 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant from the Texas Department of Transportation to address DWI enforcement.
The STEP grant [...]



Dover Delaware – DUI Checkpoint Leads to Weapon and Drug Charges

By admin • Aug 17th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

On Sunday, August 16, 2009 the Dover Police Department was conducting a Sobriety checkpoint on College Rd, just west of US 13. A silver Cadillac went through the checkpoint at 2:03 a.m. Police detected an odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Further investigation led to drug charges and the discovery of a .357 handgun [...]



Brattleboro, Vermont – DUI Checkpoints Scheduled in Windham County August 21 thru Sept 7th, 2009

By admin • Aug 16th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Topic

The Vermont State Police in Brattleboro in conjunction with local and county agencies will be conducting sobriety check points in the Windham County area during August 21 thru Sept 7th, 2009.
DON’T DRINK & DRIVE!!!
Sergeant Eric S. Albright
Patrol Commander
Vermont State Police
Troop-D Brattleboro
464 Marlboro Road
Brattleboro, Vt. 05301
802-254-2382
802-257-7951 fax
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