NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 2, 2005
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
DUI
ZERO TOLERANCE PAYING OFF
For
the first time, the Okaloosa County
Sheriff
's Office has passed the 500 mark for drunk driving arrests in a single year.
That includes the work of the Office's dedicated DUI unit, which has made more
than 150 of those arrests. Plans are in the works to add a second,
similar night-time traffic enforcement unit in
North
Okaloosa
County
in 2006.
With
the holiday and party season now underway,
Sheriff
Charlie Morris wants to remind the public that his agency has a zero tolerance
policy for drunk driving. That policy, combined with better enforcement, and a
focus on deputy training in making DUI arrests, is credited with the successful
crackdown on violators. However citizen involvement is also playing a key role.
The Okaloosa
Sheriff
's Office, as well as other law enforcement agencies, routinely gets calls
from citizens who phone-in information regarding impaired drivers.
Sheriff
Morris, along with the President of the Okaloosa/Walton Chapter of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving, Peter Wolniewicz, thank citizens for that help and
encourage them to keep up the good work.
OCSO
DUI ARRESTS
2002
|
357
|
2003
|
386
|
2004
|
459
|
2005
|
518
(to date)
|
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