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SAFE COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM <br />QUARTERLY REPORT <br />HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />PROJECT TITLE: HCPD SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT EXPANSION <br />Priority Area: I Area: Alcohol Sobriety Checkpoints <br />SOLUTION <br />To increase public awareness and deter drunk driving on our highways by: <br />1. Establishing approximately 100 sobriety checkpoints with grant funds and 60 sobriety <br />checkpoints with county funds, establishing checkpoints on all major holidays. <br />Affecting approximately 50 arrests for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of Alcohol <br />or Drugs at grant funded checkpoints and 37 DUI arrests at county funded <br />checkpoints. <br />3. Affecting approximately 100 arrests for other violations at grant funded checkpoints <br />and 75 arrests at county funded checkpoints. <br />4. Issuing 250 citations for violations at grant funded checkpoints and 185 citations at <br />county funded checkpoints. <br />5. Screening an estimated 25,000 vehicles while on grant -funded projects and 15,000 <br />vehicles at county funded checkpoints. <br />6. Purchasing 15 simulators for use with eleven new Intoxilyzers, purchased by our <br />Department, to upgrade our Intoxilyzer program. <br />7. Attend Lifesavers traffic safety conference. <br />The Statewide Traffic Commanders Coalition has agreed that DUI deterrence and the use <br />of sobriety checkpoints should be coordinated statewide. <br />Goals and Objectives of Project. <br />The goals and objectives of this project are: <br />To reduce the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities and injuries and to <br />provide a constant deterrence against drunk driving. <br />To reduce the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities involving the under <br />21 driver by apprehending potential under -aged drunk drivers before they <br />operate a motor vehicle and by deterring under -aged drinking and driving. <br />