Douglas County Sheriff’s officers will conduct a saturation patrol and DUI check lane from Saturday evening into early Sunday morning.
Sgt. Steve Lewis, a sheriff’s spokesman, said deputies starting at 7 p.m. Saturday will be targeting speeding, impaired driving, seat-belt use and compliance with all Kansas traffic laws.
“The saturation patrol is countywide, and the DUI check lane has yet to be determined,” Lewis said.
The effort is a partnership with the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office, which provides grant money to fund overtime to allow extra officers to take part in the enforcement.
“Their goal is to reduce the number of deaths, injuries and the economic cost resulting from motor vehicle crashes in Kansas,” Lewis said. “The sheriff’s office continually strives to improve the quality of life for all citizens traveling the public roadways of Douglas County.”
Comments
g_rock 9 months, 1 week ago
We are welcoming back the college students with the lovely glow of red and blue flashing lights!
somebodynew 9 months, 1 week ago
Good. Teach them early.
LifeInLawrence 9 months, 1 week ago
Maybe it is the students that should be teaching us. I know several taxi drivers. They can not stop talking about how happy they are about the students being back. So the taxis are slow in the summer and busy during school. Sounds like many of the students are being more responsible then the rest of our community.
Ron Holzwarth 9 months, 1 week ago
That was my thought exactly, g_rock!
smitty 9 months, 1 week ago
Students? Maybe there is a "meeting" going on out by Lone Star, some fraternal thing, maybe? Like to see a check run out on Lone Star Rd at appropriate meeting over times.....lol
midwestmom 9 months, 1 week ago
how about 'texting' check points????!!!
classclown 9 months, 1 week ago
uglyrumor
Don't the DUI checkpoint locations have to be announced.
August 17, 2012 at 7:43 p.m
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No. In fact they are never announced except in perhaps the most general terms. Otherwise it would defeat the purpose of them.
kusp8 9 months ago
They only have to have times announced in the State of Kansas. The State does not require locations to be announced, however I believe some municipalities require this.
The_Big_B 9 months ago
Saturation patrols catch drivers who are actually "drunk", because they are driving in a way that indicates impairment. This is good.
Check lanes catch people who are "over the limit", and who likely would have continued safely on their way if not for the overreaching tactic of stopping everyone and making them prove they are not breaking the law. This is bad. It is effective --- in a kick-in-all-their-doors kind of way --- but overly intrusive and, yes, bad.
Why the difference? The .08% BAC level, which is a political number, not a scientific one. People correctly believe it does not reflect a "drunk" driver, so they don't respect or obey the law. There should be a distinction in the law between someone who has had a few beers and someone who is blotto. There is a marked difference in the risk to the public, notwithstanding the PR campaigns otherwise.
MacHeath 9 months ago
When I was in college, lo those many years ago, the sheriff of a nearby county told me, and several of my friends that he caught drinking beer: "Have a good night, and don't leave a bunch of beer cans in the ditch." My, how times have changed! Welcome to Lawrence kids. Meet our jack-booted thugs. Prepare to have your life ruined, and to to pay for a ignition interlock. They have to hand out tickets, and forcibly sell interlocks, or they might have money cut from their budgets!
Ohh, I know what some folks are going to think about that statement. Bite my big butt!
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