ENDUI Checkpoint and Patrols Planned in Oklahoma County

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety sent this bulletin at 09/20/2018 03:01 PM CDT

ENDUI Checkpoint and Patrols Planned in Oklahoma County

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting an ENDUI checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 21. The Oklahoma City Police Department will be assisting with high-visibility saturation patrols in the area around the checkpoint to decrease the number of impaired drivers on the roads.

There is absolutely no reason for impaired driving collisions to happen. If you are drinking, have a plan to get home safe.

In 2017, 656 people were killed in crashes in Oklahoma; almost half of those (324) were killed in drug/alcohol-related crashes. This is up from 43 percent killed in drug/alcohol-related crashes in 2016 in Oklahoma.

FOR RELEASE

September 20, 2018

MEDIA CONTACT

Trooper Aaron Nickell
Aaron.Nickell@dps.ok.gov
(405) 999-2884

For an interactive look at all of the crashes in Oklahoma during 2016, visit, https://arcg.is/18H8mO.

Everyone is highly encouraged to find a safe ride by calling a sober driver, using a cab, Uber, Lyft or any other ride-share service. Better yet, have a designated driver. Have fun and enjoy life, but do not, under any circumstances, drive while impaired by alcohol or any other substance. The cost is too high. Let’s ENDUI.

The media is invited to attend this checkpoint to help us raise awareness about the impaired driving problem in Oklahoma. Interviews with members of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol will be available. To coordinate times, locations, and interviews, please email Aaron.Nickell@dps.ok.gov.

The ENDUI enforcement team coordinates multi-jurisdictional events on a regular basis, including sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. These efforts are needed to impact Oklahoma’s impaired driving problem across the state. The locations of these activities are driven by data from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and by local request.

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The ENDUI Oklahoma program is a program of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and is funded through impaired driving grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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