Labor Day Crackdown on DUI
COLUMBUS, Ga. — by Steve Grimes, WRBL
Labor Day weekend, drunk drivers and other criminals will have nowhere to hide, police in Georgia and neighboring states will be on the lookout for drunk drivers. This Program marks the 20th anniversary for Hands Across the Border a DUI Enforcement Campaign to keep you safe while driving.
Sobriety checkpoints are temporary installations used by law enforcement to catch drivers under the influence of any type of substance. Those drivers under the influence will have nowhere to hide, because police from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina teaming up again to renew their lifesaving mission and to keep roads safe.
Muscogee County Caption Curtis Lockette says "We are targeting impaired drivers, and that is part of operation zero tolerance in the state of Georgia, the big picture is we are partnering with every state that borders the state of Georgia."
The partnership with these local law enforcement agencies is a tradition leading up to one of the most traveled holidays, now hits it 20 year mark for making sure the south east is safe from those who drive drunk. It’s a tradition that Muscogee county Captain Lockette says is paying off. He also says "the biggest difference is last year in the state of Georgia we had a decrease in the number of fatalities by about 400."
Lockette adds that police will also being looking for other violations other than those driving while impaired. Lockette says "The big thing now is texting while driving also."
Communication Specialist Katie Fallon, for the Governor’s Highway Safety Office says they are also locking up criminals for much bigger violations too.
"You know we get a little bit of everything, the main purpose is to catch impaired drivers, but we also catch seat belt violators, child safety seat violators, find drugs, guns, fugitives, pretty much all sorts of criminals on the road when we started this effort."
Captain Lockette says he only has one main goal in mind for doing this program year after year. "The goal is to reduce injury and, death on our road ways."
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