Saturday, December 01, 2007
Western Arizona DUI patrols - careful
San Diego DUI criminal lawyers
Tipplers, beware: DUI patrol on roadways through Jan. 1
DWI Law enforcement officers will be out in force on Mohave County roads until Jan 2.
“Having the officers out during these details not only keeps our roads safer by removing impaired drivers but we end up serving arrest warrants and making drug arrests too,” Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan said.
The Western Arizona DUI Task Force, which includes the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, made five driving under the influence arrests out of 76 vehicle stops since Friday. The DUI task force also issued one citation for seat belt violation and 31 other violations including speeding, MCSO Sgt. Don Bischoff said.
During that time the sheriff's office reported two injury traffic crashes and five non-injury crashes throughout the county. None of the seven accidents was alcohol-related. The seven crashes did not include the fatal three-vehicle crash on Highway 95 Tuesday afternoon.
Alcohol was believed to be a factor in the Nov. 21 crash involving a 59-year-old Kingman woman who allegedly crashed into the back of a motorcycle, seriously injuring the driver. She is charged with felony endangerment and aggravated assault, according to the Kingman Police Department.
The legal blood alcohol level limit in Arizona is 0.08 percent. Drivers who have prior DUI convictions or if they have any passengers under the age of 15 in the car will be charged with aggravated DUI.
During the six-week holiday period, sheriff's deputies will patrol Fort Mojave, Mohave Valley and Golden Shores as well as in Kingman, Golden Valley and Lake Havasu City and will hold saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints throughout the county, Bischoff said.
Throughout Arizona, 985 law enforcement officers made 779 DUI arrests with 78 arrests involving under-age or juvenile offenders. The minimum age to drink is 21.
During the entire 2006 holiday season, the Western Arizona task force, consisting of 156 officers from the sheriff's office and La Paz County Sheriff's Office as well as Bullhead City, Kingman and Parker police departments, arrested 57 people for drunken driving out of 982 traffic stops, Bischoff said.
In Mohave County, 61 people died in 2006 in traffic crashes with 24 of those deaths being alcohol- related, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In Arizona, 585 people were killed in drunk driving or alcohol-related crashes.
Tipplers, beware: DUI patrol on roadways through Jan. 1
DWI Law enforcement officers will be out in force on Mohave County roads until Jan 2.
“Having the officers out during these details not only keeps our roads safer by removing impaired drivers but we end up serving arrest warrants and making drug arrests too,” Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan said.
The Western Arizona DUI Task Force, which includes the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, made five driving under the influence arrests out of 76 vehicle stops since Friday. The DUI task force also issued one citation for seat belt violation and 31 other violations including speeding, MCSO Sgt. Don Bischoff said.
During that time the sheriff's office reported two injury traffic crashes and five non-injury crashes throughout the county. None of the seven accidents was alcohol-related. The seven crashes did not include the fatal three-vehicle crash on Highway 95 Tuesday afternoon.
Alcohol was believed to be a factor in the Nov. 21 crash involving a 59-year-old Kingman woman who allegedly crashed into the back of a motorcycle, seriously injuring the driver. She is charged with felony endangerment and aggravated assault, according to the Kingman Police Department.
The legal blood alcohol level limit in Arizona is 0.08 percent. Drivers who have prior DUI convictions or if they have any passengers under the age of 15 in the car will be charged with aggravated DUI.
During the six-week holiday period, sheriff's deputies will patrol Fort Mojave, Mohave Valley and Golden Shores as well as in Kingman, Golden Valley and Lake Havasu City and will hold saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints throughout the county, Bischoff said.
Throughout Arizona, 985 law enforcement officers made 779 DUI arrests with 78 arrests involving under-age or juvenile offenders. The minimum age to drink is 21.
During the entire 2006 holiday season, the Western Arizona task force, consisting of 156 officers from the sheriff's office and La Paz County Sheriff's Office as well as Bullhead City, Kingman and Parker police departments, arrested 57 people for drunken driving out of 982 traffic stops, Bischoff said.
In Mohave County, 61 people died in 2006 in traffic crashes with 24 of those deaths being alcohol- related, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
In Arizona, 585 people were killed in drunk driving or alcohol-related crashes.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 5:10 PM 
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