JOHNSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
Prepared By: | MPOII Allan Rutledge | Date: | 11/24/16 | Time: | 7:00 am |
Subject: | DUI Enforcement Patrols | Approved By: | Chief Mark Sirois |
The Johnson City Police Department will be placing additional officers on the streets over this Thanksgiving Day holiday period to lookout for impaired drivers. These high visibility patrols will be conducted in partnership with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office's "Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving" campaign. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office provides grant overtime funding for Johnson City officers to conduct these DUI enforcement patrols aimed at removing impaired drivers from the road during this busy holiday weekend.
The Johnson City Police Department reminds everyone that buzzed driving is drunk driving. Getting behind the wheel after even just one too many drinks can lead to disaster. The 2015 Thanksgiving holiday weekend resulted in three impaired driving arrests. The Department is happy to report that no alcohol-related crashes, injuries, or deaths occurred on city streets during last year's holiday weekend. Although Tennessee's legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit is .08, even a slight alcoholic "buzz" that's well below legal limits can be unsafe for drivers, and lead to their arrest for impaired driving.
Grant is funded by the Tennessee Highway Safety Office.
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