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SHERBURNE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES' SAFE & SOBER PROGRAM NEWSLETTER SAFE & SOBER FOR ANOTHER YEAR 4TH QUARTER OUTSTANDING OFFICERS As most of you already know, funding for our Safe & Sober campaign for 1996/1997 was once again approved. This year we should also be able to work a few more overtime enforcement shifts than last year. As you all know, the overall goal of the Safe & Sober program is to increase seat belt and child safety seat ~usage and reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roadways. FOURTH QUARTER 1996 RESULTS The 4th quarter enforcement period ran back in August and had a sub-focus of 'Seat Belts'. We had excellent results in August. During this enforcement period we worked 198.5 hours and stopped 397 vehicles. We gave out warnings for 28 seat belt violations, 53 speeding violations, and 74 other violations. The area that we really shined in the 4th quarter was the number of citations. We gave out 56 citations for seat belt or child restraint violations, 47 citations for other violations and 216 citations for speeding. Since this over-time doesn't cost our agencies for the man-hours, our adminL~trators should be pleased to see the extra fmc revenue come in. Wc also had 11 DUI arrests and 6 other arrests. In total we had 155 warnings, 319 citations nd 17 arrests. YEAR END TOTALS Here is the total activity for the whole program year. Together we worked 718.75 hours and stopped 1,157 vehicles. Of that we gave 721 warnings, 715 citations, and made 83 arrests. Broken down, we gave the following warnings: 70 f6r seat belt or child restraint vio- lations, 241 for speed, and 410 for other violations. For citations, we issued 100 for seat belt and child restraint violations, 455 for speed, and 160 for other violations. We made 45 arrests for DUI and 38 other arrests. Some of the other arrests or violations include 24 driving after withdrawals, 11 drug violations, 1 firearms violation, and 16 warrant arrests. YEAR END GOAL COMPARISONS For the 1995/96 year we had the following program goals: 1) Two (2) contacts per hour per officer during an overtime enforcement shift, 2) 50% of all of those contacts resulting in citations rather than warnings, 3) 20% of all of our contacts are seat belt or child restraint related, and 4) 8 - 10 DUI arrests per weekend of DUI enforcement. Here is how we did. 1) For vehicle contacts per hour we averaged 1.6. This was below our goal but a change in the record keeping system for this coming year will give more contact credit for DUI arrests. I also hope that officers can be even more active this year than last year. 2) Citations vs. Warnings. This area we did very well in. We averaged 68.9% of all contacts resulting in citations or arrests. 3) Seat Belt or ~hild Restraint Contacts. This area we need to improve upon for 1997 also. Last year 15% of our contacts involved these offenses, our goal was 20%. 4) DUI Arrests. We were fight on track with this goal. We had 45 DUI arrest which averaged 9 per weekend. The fourth quarter really had some outstanding and impressive statistics from allot of officers and deputies however, two deputies really top the list. These deputies are Chad Jolm~on (3530) and Jeff Baker (3526). During the daytime enfo~e- ment shifts, both of these deputies worked two shifts each On The same day, Johnson had 24 vehicle stops and 24 citations while Baker had 22 vehicle stops and 24 citations. Not only. that, Baker had 10 vehicle stops and 7 citations on the other day that he worked and Johnson had 18 stops and 16 citations. These deputies certainly deserve some credit for helping to make all the roads in Sherburne County safe. There were also allot of excellent ranncrs-up during the day time overtime enforcement shifts. Tim Jeanetta (3537) had 15 stops with 17 citations, Paul Novotny (3524) had 13 stops, 12 citations plus picked up a runaway and cleared a burglary, Bruce Wipper (3910) had 15 stops with 18 citations, and Dave OIson (3623) had one day with 15 stops and 15 citations and another day with 17 stops and 17 citations. During the night time overtime enforcement shifts there were also several great shifts however one really stands out. Officer Dave Olson (3623) went 10-8 at the Elk River PD at 2100 hrs. As he was leaving the police department he stopped a vehicle that had passed by him as he exited the parking lot. The stop was made at 2101 hours and was the fa'st of three DUI arrests for Olson for the shift. Olson also had 5 other citations for the shift including a driving after revocation. Baker, Johnson, and Olson should check their PO boxes for this quarters reward for their Top Performances.. THANKS!! & MORE As Project Director for the Sherburne County Law Enforcement Agencies, I would like to thank all of the officers and deputies who contributed to the success of the Safe & Sober program. I know that many may see this as simply an opportunity to make some extra cash by working overtime but I think that most of you enjoy the activity and feel like your making a contribution towards the safety of our communities. How many of you watch the TV commercials where they show a small child with his or her parent or a couple of young people together, then they run the caption 'Killed by a Drunk Driver - December xx, x'ccx' and wonder how people can drive that way. Well folks, we are the ones who can help make a difference. We will never know how many of these tragedies are prevented by us by taking each drunk driver offof the road that we can. I simply hope that each of you working the project in 1996/1997 will work your shifts aggressively, educate the people you come in contact with. and be very safe out there. Sgt. JeffMordal, ERPD