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SAFE COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM <br /> QUARTERLY REPORT <br /> <br /> PROJECT TITLE: HCPD ROADBLOCK PROGRAM/AL04-02 (O1-H-02) <br /> Priority Area: I Area: Alcohol Sobriety Checkpoints <br /> <br /> 1'he goal of this program is to reduce the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities and <br /> injuries, to increase public awareness, and to provide a constant deterrence against drunk <br /> driving by conducting DUI checkpoints on our highways and to increase public <br /> awareness and deter drunk driving on our highways by: <br /> 1. Establishing about 100 sobriety checkpoints with grant funds and 60 sobriety <br /> checkpoints with county funds, establishing checkpoints on all major holidays. <br /> 2. Affecting about 50 arrests for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of Alcohol or Drugs <br /> at grant funded checkpoints and 37 DUI arrests at county funded checkpoints. <br /> 3. Affecting about 100 arrests for other violations at grant funded checkpoints and 75 <br /> 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 eight 35mm cameras for use by our Traffic Enforcement Unit in alcohol <br /> involved traffic crashes involving injuries or fatalities. <br /> 7. Purchasing six Turbofalre Portable Emergency Lighting Kits for use by police <br /> officers at DUI checkpoints in each of the eight police districts. <br /> 8. Attending Lifesavers traffic safety conference. <br /> 9. Attending annual Drug and Alcohol Impaired Driving (DRE) Seminar. <br /> 10. Attending four quarterly Statewide Traffic Commanders Meetings. <br /> The Statewide Traffic Commanders Coalition has agreed that DUI deterrence and the use <br /> of sobriety checkpoints should be coordinated statewide. <br /> <br />