INCREASED DUII ENFORCEMENT RESULTS IN FOUR ARRESTS AND 59 CITATIONS
News Release from Gresham Police Dept
Posted on FlashAlert: December 5th, 2013 1:51 PM
Gresham, Ore. - Gresham officers arrested four people for DUII and issued 59 citations during a crackdown on impaired driving Nov. 22 through Dec. 2.
The Gresham Police Department joined forces with the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Impact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon to conduct last week's targeted effort to get impaired drivers off the street. The campaign featured high-visibility enforcement combined with a variety of outreach activities, including $14 million in paid national advertising about the consequences of impaired driving.
According to NHTSA, there were 10,322 traffic fatalities in 2012 where the driver's blood alcohol content was at or above the legal limit. While nationally this is a 4.6% increase in fatalities from 2011, Oregon showed a 10% decrease in alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities for the same time period.
For more information, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at http://www.nhtsa.gov. and their national crackdown campaign headquarters at http://www.stopimpaireddriving.com.
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The Gresham Police Department joined forces with the Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Impact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and state and local law enforcement agencies throughout Oregon to conduct last week's targeted effort to get impaired drivers off the street. The campaign featured high-visibility enforcement combined with a variety of outreach activities, including $14 million in paid national advertising about the consequences of impaired driving.
According to NHTSA, there were 10,322 traffic fatalities in 2012 where the driver's blood alcohol content was at or above the legal limit. While nationally this is a 4.6% increase in fatalities from 2011, Oregon showed a 10% decrease in alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities for the same time period.
For more information, visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at http://www.nhtsa.gov. and their national crackdown campaign headquarters at http://www.stopimpaireddriving.com.
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