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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0010.023 2006-2008 vro-79 ~Y OI~ Harry Kim ~••'••s Lawrence K. Mahuna Mayor - PaJice Chief • Harry S. Kubojiri j~~ Deputy Police Chief ••1.Oi•N~ County of Hawaii POLICE DEPARTMENT 349 [Capiolani Sheet • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3998 (808) 935-3311 Fax (808) 961-8869 November 4, 2007 ` TO PE E HOFFMAN, CO NCIL CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS - FROM B T~' POLICE CHIEF ACTT POLIC ~°7 SUBJECT FINAL REPORT Name of Grant Program: Roadblock Program Federal or State Grantor: State Department of Transportation Public Affairs Office-Safe Community Program County Grantee Department/Agency: County Police Department Grant No.: AL07-02(01-H-02) Amount of Grant: $79,500.00 Amount of County Match: None County Revenue & Expenditures Acct 010.201.5216.15, 3303.42 Grant Period: October 1, 2006 -September 30, 2007 Goals: See attached Objectives: See attached Outcomes: See attached Ceram. Ne. 23 Ref. To: Ref. Date NFU " Hawaii County is an Equal OpporiuniTy Rovider and Employer" SAFE COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM QUARTERLY/FINAL REPORT PROJECT TITLE: HCPD ROADBLOCK PROGRAM/AL07-02 (O1-H-02) MISSION/GOAL The goal of this program is to reduce the number of alcohol related traffic fatalities and injuries and to increase public awareness, and to provide a constant deterrence against impaired driving by conducting impaired driving roadblocks on our highways. Problem/Baseline Nine of 18 fatal crashes involving alcohol were in districts of Hilo and Puna. The districts of Puna and Hilo account for 37% of all OVUII arrests in Hawaii County with 452 arrests out of 1,210 Island wide. Our enforcement goal this fiscal year will be to focus on East Hawaii, in the districts of Hilo and Puna by increasing grant funded roadblocks from 23 to 40, and increase OVUII arrests by 5% to 475. STRATEGIES (Island wide implementation) 1. Conduct 52/12 Impaired Driving Program utilizing Traffic Enforcement and Patrol Officers. 2. Establish about 75 impaired driving roadblocks with grant funds and 50 impaired driving roadblocks with county funds, establishing roadblocks on all major holidays. 3. Affect about 50 arrests for impaired driving at grant funded roadblocks and 20 arrests at county funded roadblocks. 4. Affect approximately 50 arrests for other violations at grant funded roadblocks and 20 arrests for other violations at county funded roadblocks. 5. Issue about 150 citations for violations at grant funded roadblocks and 50 citations at county funded roadblocks. 6. Screen an estimated 20,000 vehicles while at grant-funded roadblocks and 5,000 vehicles at county funded roadblocks. 7. Begin implementation of procedures and training for use of the Intoxilyzer 8000 in Hawaii County. One officer and Deputy Prosecutor to attend the National Lifesavers Traffic Safety Conference. The DRE Coordinator to attend the Annual Drug Alcohol Impaired Driving (DRE) Seminar. Two Traffic Sergeants/Officers and Deputy Prosecutor to attend quarterly Statewide Traffic Commanders Meetings. The Statewide Traffic Commanders Coalition has agreed that DUI deterrence and the use of impaired driving roadblocks should be coordinated statewide. SPECIAL HOLIDAY ENFORCEMENT • Special Holiday Enforcement Roadblocks will take place in East Hawaii from November 20, 2006 to January, 8, 2007. • There were 5 Fatal Crashes and 5 fatalities during this period in 2005. • Four of these Fatal Crashes and fatalities were in East Hawaii, two were alcohol related. • The Big Island has an Alcohol Related Fatality Rate of nearly 60% Our goal is to implement at least 30 additional Roadblocks in Hilo and Puna during this period, and to screen 5000 vehicles. The focus of these projects will be to decrease Fatal Crashes and Fatalities during this holiday period by one each in East Hawaii. GRANT PERIOD RESULTS: (FINAL REPORT) • Established 19 sobriety checkpoints with grant funds during the fourth quarter. Checkpoints were established on all major holidays. Total of 81 grant funded sobriety checkpoints with grant funds established during fiscal year. • Initiated 13 arrests for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant (OVUII) at checkpoints during the fourth quarter • Total of 65 OVUII arrests with grant funds made during fiscal year. • Initiated 25 arrests for other violations at grant-funded checkpoints during the fourth quarter. Total of 102 arrests for other violations with grant funded checkpoints made during fiscal year. • Issued 2 seat belts, 4 child restraint and 60 other citations for violations at grant funded checkpoints in the fourth quarter. Total of 13 seatbelt, 6 child restraint and 234 other citations for violations issued at grant funded checkpoints during the fiscal year. i~ • Screened 1,358 vehicles at grant-funded projects in the fourth quarter. Total of 7,628 vehicles screened at grant-funded projects during the fiscal year. • Two Officers attended a total of three weeks of Intoxilyzer training this grant period. Training conducted by CMI Inc. • Attended the National Lifesaver Conference, Traffic Records Forum, and Statewide Traffic Commanders Meetings. ~,.v. Narrative Our enforcement goal of increasing OVUII arrest in East Hawaii by 5% to 475 was surpassed with a total of 574 arrests in Hilo and Puna. However, the goal of 40 roadblocks was not attained. We did l6 roadblock projects with grant funds in Hilo and Puna this fiscal year. Over 2,000 vehicles were screened during the holiday period in Hilo and Puna utilizing grant funds. Seven of eight performance indicators (strategies) for grant funded projects were attained. • Arrests for impaired driving and other violations, and citations issued were all attained. • Attendance to the National Traffic Records Forum to improve electronic data capture, and distribution of traffic records was attained. Attendance at Statewide Traffic Commanders meetings was attained. • Attended the Lifesaver's National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities. The department's Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Coordinator attended the National Drug Recognition Expert's Conference in Las Vegas, along with another DRE Officer. • The Intoxilyzer 8000 is being tested and used in the field by the Traffic Enforcement Unit. Procedures for their use are being written. • The number of sobriety checkpoints conducted was the only strategy not attained. The total number of vehicles screened fell short of our goal of 20,000. There were 7,638 vehicles screened with grant funds and 9,400 vehicle screened on non-funded projects, bringing the total of vehicles screened to 17,028. Overall, our enforcement, deterrent and educational efforts resulted in 1,275 arrests for impaired driving on the big Island for the 2006 calendar year. In addition, 151 arrests for impaired driving under the age of 21 were made. This is an increase in comparison to 2005 with 1,069 arrests and 111 under 21. Refer to The Safety Coordinator's Report for additional photos media releases and educational events pertaining to Impaired Driving Enforcement and Education on the Brg Island. ~rr DUI Arrests by Hawaii County Districts 2005 -YTD Island total =1,069 2006 -YTD Island total =1275 *2007 -YTD Island total = 781 11 r lz / ls~ 2000 DISTRICTS NORTH KOHALA g~ ~ , HAWAII .\~,w~ 54 %~7,~, / 44 4 / 4 / 0 COUNT Y SOUTH KOHALA 8/ 8/ 6 j i U~ NORTH HILO ~6/ ' J ` ~i HAMAKUA \'~J jJ ~ t\~"Sn. ~ ~G, 2~9 / 348 / 241 J~~ ~ ~ C ~~A ~ 9~; ~ , i, 90UTH HILO ` 1 ~ ~i, NORTH KONA . c~`~ tl' ~ ~ ! .~a~ 166 / 133 / 83 NS - 540 / 653 / 368 -rw~.A `f dab. 11~.,, ~ ~.a off. wNA o - '~3 VlAJ'- aif ~ , souTHKONA 31 / 42 / 23 J ~ejo„~ w,F~d 7j ' Kn'u i^---. ~ e~eA~ ~ ~ r~ N r B 0 8 Nies Reperee Oy OIRCe d Nru~inq. Deq. a Business. Ecmanie De~elcpmenl ene Tauevn, sue a Hawsif * Figures for year ending August 21, 2007 Data source: Hawaii County Police Department Chart: North Hawaii Outcomes Project, Aug. 2007 http://www.nhop.org Holiday Roadblock fronting Pahoa High School. t x. ~ ~ M5 :A w. _ _ _ _ r _..u F ~ _ * 4. i. YA" Y ~ ~ ~ A Y v. it R1 t9 } ,w A 1 ~ I~ Getting the message out. M1~ r y', V ~~4% k 6;1 'qp". V •xi O~ f ~n~4 i , ~.i~ yY ~ , ~ KWXX on the air with Keone and Shay, Sergeants Dexter Veriato and Christosher Gali. MADD Victim Counselor Sandra Todd who lost her son to a drunk driver was also on hand to speak to listeners. Family members of Drunk Driving victim. r({J 2Potrtey.. itt A'..t7,~ryr L ~~enee `h:nnc D Pahoa holiday roadblock dedicated to Renee Kane, killed in drunck driving crash in Puna. Pictured aze her two daughters and grandson. Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 1 of 2 ' rTGtGVC{GG `~.w Y ~ ~eA s1. ~~~+ry~ ~ ~ Print Page Potty mouth . Motion detectors in urinals send ' ~,,f~~ message to not drink and drive by Terrie Henderson I' ~ ~y/, r'~ Tribune-Herald Staff Writer ~~/11Yx~~~f(dj 1t~!p"~/ ~m ""~r` r `~~Ln r~7~3~u'%- ~ You and the guys have been drinking at ~ ~?~°:~~f~~~~'~~~' Y" I' , n ~ ,u, your favorite watering hole when the R^f ~ e~r1;'ilii~~, I~j)~ e y ~ilCt ~,,4 inevitable happens. ~ ~t~ ya, j ~tls~~ 't I ~l x i„ Nature calls. You excuse yourself and walk to (weave toward?) the men'S rOOm. Jackie Murai, Traffic Safety Coordinator For The Hawaii County Police Department, Holds A Motion Sensor That Will As you assume the position before a urinal, Be Placed In Urinals In Men's Bathrooms At Various Bars a sultr woman's voice emer es from Throughout The County. Police Hope The Talking Sensors, Y g Which Advise People Against Drinking And Driving, Will where you'd least expect lt, warning you Spur Conversation Amongst Bar Patrons. -Terrie not to drink and drive. Henderson/Tribune-Herald No, you're not that drunk. Well, maybe you are, but you're not hearing things. The voice is coming from a motion sensor with a message, strategically located in the urinal courtesy of the Hawaii County Police Department. Why you? Why the urinal? Jackie Murai, traffic safety coordinator for the Hawaii County Police Department, said that about 80 percent of the people arrested for DUI from November 2005 to September 2006 were male. Which means the porcelain public relations device is aimed squarely at the department's target audience The round device resembles a urinal cake holder, with large bold written message, "Drunk Driving. Over The Limit. Under Arrest. Cops are cracking down!" It's set off by motion. The voice tells the bathroom patron to think about their future, and call a cab or a sober friend if they've been drinking. "You just want something to scream out to get people's attention," Murai said with a laugh. "We want to get people's attention. We figure there is a captive audience." Turning serious, Murai said the number of drunken driving fatalities in Hawaii is rising. About 52 percent of the state's traffic fatalities are alcohol related. The sensors were purchased by the state DepartmF,~t of Transportation and were all the rage at a highway safety conference earlier this year in Chicago, Murai said. "Other states have it," Murai said. "This is a way of getting the message out for people. It is just a ~?w reminder." East Hawaii establishments that will be given the n otion sensors include Cronies Bar and Grill, Detour http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/09/O1/local news/loca102.prt 9/4/2007 Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 2 of 2 Drinking Station, Aunty Yong's Sports Bar, Paradise Bar and Grill, Shooters Bar and Grill, and Uncle Mikey's Video Dance Club. ~ West Hawaii establishments that will have the sensors include the Hard Rock Cafe Kona, Hooters, Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill, Lulu's Nightclub, Ocean's Sports Bar and Grill, Senor Billy's Cantina and Sushi Shiono. The county has 30 of the devices, which cost about $25, Murai said. They are putting them in bathrooms of establishments that provide free soft drinks to designated drivers. "We hope they don't steal them," Murai said. Of course, the deterrent is obvious no one wants to fish something out of a public urinal. "I think it will get them talking about it," she said. "I think it will create some conversation, and get them thinking about designated drivers. We do want to make the public aware." Murai said they are distributing the sensors in time for Labor Day. She said the police department doesn't want to see anyone hurt during the holiday. "A lot of people do drink at home or at the beach or at parties, it's not just at the bar," she said, adding people are sometimes not aware of the consequences of drinking and driving, clinging to the "it won't happen to me," mentality. Hawaii County Police Sgt. Dexter Veriato urged peu~le to be safe this holiday weekend. "We are concerned with the number of people on the road," Veriato said. "They have parties, they go the beach, they have family and friends over. Traditionally, people in Hawaii celebrate the Labor Day weekend. There is a lot of alcohol consumption." Terrie Henderson can be reached at thendersonC~hrvaiitribune-herald.com. AlI rights reserved. Copyright ©2007 Hawaii Tribune Herald. Content on this site may no[ be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission of Hawaii Tribune Herald. Close Windqw [x] "•r+ http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/09/O1/local news/loca102.prt 9/4/2007 . Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 1 of 2 ' ~s N ~ Print Page Naw~ii Eeads U.S. in DUE t~t~Eities County police trying to raise awareness, arresting mare for drinking and driving by Terrie Henderson Tribune-Herald Staff Writer You're more likely to die in an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash in Hawaii than anywhere else in the country, according to a report released last month. Hawaii County Police Sgt. Dexter Veriato said more than half of the state's fatal motor vehicle accidents are a result of drinking and driving. Police and state officials are looking for ways to lower that number with public awareness campaigns and education, he said. In August, the National Center for Statistics and Analysis in Washington, D.C., released the 2006 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment Alcohol-Related Fatalities. Nationwide, there were 43,510 motor vehicle crash fatalities in 2005. Of those, 17,590 40 percent were alcohol-related. In 2006, there were 42,642 crash fatalities. Of those, 17,602 41 percent were alcohol-related. While the study shows the national percentage has risen, it also shows Hawaii's already-high percentage of DUI fatalities increased within the last year. In 2005, there were 140 motor vehicle fatalities in the state. Some 51 percent 72 deaths --were due to drunk driving. Hawaii isn't the only state with an alarming percentage of DUI deaths. Also at the tap in 2005 was Alaska with 50 percent, Rhode Island with 55 percent, District of Columbia with 58 percent, and South Carolina with 51 percent. Puerto Rico, which was also included, reported 51 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities were caused by drinking and driving. In comparison, Iowa reported 26 percent and Utah reported 14 percent. And while other top-ranking states saw decreases in percentages in 2006, Hawaii took the reins as the state with the highest percentage of motor vehicle fatalities with alcohol as a factor. In 2006, there were 161 total motor vehicle fatalities in Hawaii. The number of alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities reached 84 52 percent. Alaska's percentage dropped to 31, Rhode Island declined to 51 percent, District of Columbia fell to 48 percent and South Carolina dropped to 50 percent. Puerto Rico also reported a decrease, at 42 percent. States on the lower end, however, reported Increases in 2006. Utah had 24 percent and Iowa reported 34 percent. Veriato said although the number of DUI deaths in 'he state are rising, police here are working hard to arrest those who chose to drive under the influence. On the Big Island in 2005, there were 23 impaired a,ivers involved in fatal crashes according to the police department. Of those drivers, 17 were killed in the crash. In 2004, there were 25 impaired http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/09/01/local news/local03.prt 9/4/2007 Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 2 of 2 drivers involved in fatal crashes on the Big Island, and 20 of those drivers were killed in the crash. In 2003, there were 17 impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes, and 9 of the drivers were killed in the accidents. Police are doing what they can to curb the deaths, Veriato said. As of Aug. 21, there were 781 DUI arrests on the Big Island. Of those arrests, 241 were in Hilo and 83 were in Puna, according to the police department. There were 1,069 total DUI arrests on the island in 2005. Of those, 263 were in Hilo and 166 were in Puna. 2006 saw an increase in DUI arrests on the island. There were 1,275 arrests made. Of those, 352 were in Hilo and 133 were in Puna. Jackie Murat, traffic safety coordinator for the Hawaii County Police Department, said the state is trying new ways to raise awareness and keep drunken drivers off the roads. She said commercials are being aired on radio stations, police are trying to raise awareness among high school students, and victim's families are speaking out about the consequences of drinking and driving. She said the department is also working with the criminal justice system to develop ways to keep drunken drivers off the roads. Veriato said the county has issued cab coupons aim?d at getting drinkers off the road, and many establishments are participating in a designated driver program, where free soft drinks are provided to the person responsible for getting others home safely. He said a Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter has also been started at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. "You don't have to be a drunk driver to be killed. Innocent people get killed by drunk drivers," Veriato said. "You need to be a responsible person and have a designated driver." Terrie Henderson can be reached at thenderson~hawaiitribune-herald.com. All rights reserved. Copyright ~ 2007 Hawaii Tribune Herald. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmitted, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission of Hawaii Tribune Herald. Close Window lx.l ~r~ http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/09/O1/local news/loca103.prt 9/4/2007 Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 1 of 2 ~T61 ttxctiG L Print Page `~wr+' DUI Tiiiicketin is less on east ~ 9 C Big Island regions side with most DUIs Data shows increase in Bi Island g ~ 700 South Hilo drunken drivers ~ ,Kona 60D 'r Puna by Atan Schnepf ~ Tribune-Herald Staff Writer ~ = 500 ~ p 400 Although the east side of the Big Island is 300 ~ home to far more people than the west, 2t)~ ~ = it „ , M n W police here arrest far fewer people for , ~ ~ ~ ~ driving drunk. i toD ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ "~t' ~ i "The east side probably has just as many ~ 'j ? "'i.. ' 5_, , impaired drivers," said Hawaii County 2002 2003 2004 2045 2006 Police Sgt. Dexter Veriato, the head of the Year department's Traffic Services Section. "For _ wmFw.>ra mas ~.K a., ~,~~w~,, ~ people on the east side, the chance of them getting caught is less." Of the island's eight police districts, South Hilo has ' he most people because it contains Hilo town, which had a population of about 40,000, according to the 2000 census. The biggest population concentration in the Kona police district is Kailua-Kona, which had a population of about 10,000 in 2000. Police in the Kona district regularly dish out twice as many DUIs as their counterparts on the east side, however. For instance, through Dec. 11 this year, tnere were 611 DUI arrests in the Kona district. South Hilo, with its much bigger population, had 313. Puna, with it burgeoning population, but lack of nightspots, had only 124 arrests. Hamakua had eight, North Hilo had, Ka'u had 39 while South Kohala and North Kohala had 70 and 10 respectively. "I wish I could put my finger on it," said Police Chief Lawrence Mahuna, who believes the west side's higher number of tourists has nothing to do with the disparity. "When you tourists who drink, they're going to drink in the hotel they're staying in or take a cab," he said. Veriato and Mahuna believe several factors come :~~co play, including manpower, geography, demographics and even the construction industry. Veriato pointed out that the Kona district has a cocentration of night spots, which doesn't thin resources like the more stretched-out environs of East Hawaii. That allows officers to saturate patrols on places line Alii Drive. There are also fewer main roads in and out of town on the west side, while drunk drivers in Hilo have a multitude of routes they can use to weave home. ~r/ "I think both sides enforce equally, but to avoid detection is harder in Kona," said County First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Charlene Iboshi. http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2006/12/19/local news/localOl.prt 12/19/2006 ~,..~,.,_.4....y,..Y.~.~ Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 2 of 2 That thins out the resources of east side officers try?ng to nab drunk drivers Veriato said. "If we set up on Banyan Drive, you're not going to catch a lot of people driving on the surface streets in town," Veriato said. That creates issues with manpower. To set up one road block on Banyan Drive at night, five officers must be present, Veriato said. Because there are two routes that lead out of Banyan Drive, people will simply avoid the roadblock if they know where it is and they often do. "Whenever we set up a roadblock, word spreads like wildfire," Veriato said. "That's how it works in a small town. People get on their cell phones and start calling their friends who go out." Mahuna said he believes enforcement is about equal on both sides, but that the Kona district has a more bustling nightlife. He said the west side's thriving construction industry also has a lot of employees who may want to have a few drinks after work. "When I look at the ages, when I look at the types of occupations, they would usually be in the construction industry," he said of the people being arrested for DUI on the west side. "I hate to say it, but it's basically true that it's younger males who are construction workers or in the hotel industry." Numbers also show the number of DUI arrests in Kona are increasing faster than on the east side. Between 2001 and 2005, the Kona's district arrests rose to 540 from 343, an increase of 57 percent. In South Hilo, however, arrests increased from 202 to 259, an increase of 28 percent. Veriato said that could change because administrators are weighing whether to spend grant money to beef up patrols to catch drunk drivers on the east side. "I think the impaired drivers on the east side are lucky that we haven't concentrated our resources like on the west side," Veriato said. Alan Schnepf can be reached at aschnepf~hawaiitribune-herald.com. All rights reserved. Copyright ©2006 Hawaii Tribune Herald. Content on this site may not be archived, retransmi"red, saved in a database, or used for any commercial purpose without the express written permission of Hawaii Tribune Herald. Close Window [x] http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2006/12/19/local news/localOl.prt 12/19/2006 Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hilo, Hawaii Page 1 of 2 . '~acuctCi ~ Print Page ~ Y 0~ i lv..wr DUI arrests on the rise by Alan Schnepf Tribune-Herald Staff Writer Big Island police are making DUI arrests in record numbers this year, especially in the Hilo area. Through July 16, police nabbed 714 suspected drivers, compared with 652 during the same period in 2006. Most of the difference came from increased enforcement in the South Hilo District, which stretches from south of Hilo to Hakalau. DUIs in South Hilo have increased 30 percent this year to 224. Still, the number of DUIs given in East Hawaii is far less than on the leeward side of the island. Police have issued 335 DUIs in the Kona district this year, even though its population is much smaller than South Hilo. "People always ask about the numbers on the Kona side and we always give them the standard answer," Hawaii Police Department Sgt. Dexter Veriato said. -'All the roads there funnel into Kona town. In Hilo, you have a lot more surface streets." Veriato said that makes for more territory to cover on the east side, but his department has been developing strategies to "even up the numbers" of DUI arrests. Among those strategies are more frequent checkpouits and more "roving," especially in targeted areas. Hilo has been "saturated" with officers, and Highway 11 in the Kurtistown area has attracted attention. It's also common to see officers waiting for speeders on the "Panaewa Stretch" of Highway 11. Veriato said DUI arrests are not rare there, either. The Keaau-Pahoa Bypass Road continues to be a tai get. Veriato said when he was a patrol officer, he would wait on the side of the road during late-night hours and stop a vehicle with aburned-out headlight. More often than not, they had been drinking, he said. While the number of DUI arrests is up this year, the number of major crashes has declined 18 percent [01,132. Jackie Murai, the police department's traffic safety coordinator, said people may simply be driving more safely. "We're hoping it's because of people being more aware of safety issues," she said. "WeYe tried to increase public awareness though the media and advertising," The number of traffic fatalities has remained the sane this year, though, with 18. The percentage of fatalities involving alcohol remains higher on the Big Island than the rest of the state, Veriato said. While fewer than half of traffic deaths are alcohol-related statewide, Hawaii County's percentage consistently sits between 55 percent and 60 percent. A statewide beefing-up of DUI arrests is scheduled for next month, and Veriato expects the increased enforcement to continue well into the future. "I think next year the numbers are going to increase," Veriato said. "The more you go out and look for them, the more you're going to find." http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2007/07/19/local news/loca106.prt 7/25/2007 a „y Ts+a~rfuo a - r . z k . ~ a : n)Y cy~ n rs x~ ._i..uva r. . ~ - 'T.~`,tia~i~,: 6 j~~Y:~LDi~E (l .~fR~~l~N i_ ~ ~i"'VI~1~ e Director Hobert Alcman ,Good girl icons are `j` 1 UCLA, Georgia Tech s dead at age 81 . ~ making a comeback t ~ ~ reach Maui final ge Al Pa eCt ~ . Page Bt ¢ ` BEAUTIFUL WEATHER Don't drink, t ~ ~ drive ~ Police stepping up ~ ~ ~~e ~ DUI patrols due to k r , fatal crash, holidays _ ey AuN scxnePr i idbune-Hervldstaflwdter I n'il~- Hawaii Coun - '~y ty police said rf ;:~d,.,+~id, i Tuesday that ~ they plm [o sap DUIs on the ,;bye' up DUl enforce- Bige lnl~bby went ov the Big M+a' "a'"'°~+ - ~ Island, especial- Pa9eta N+~Na., ~ ly on [he wind- ward side. "It's still m the plamivg stage, bul we do plm ov s[eppivg ddvgs up wiN a fows on the east side of = the island," said SgL Dezttt Vedas, head of the ponce department's Traf- i% y ' - 5c Services Section. 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