DUI Patrols and Checkpoint Planned in Oklahoma County

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety sent this bulletin at 01/10/2019 08:35 AM CST

DUI Patrols and Checkpoint Planned
in Oklahoma County

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol ENDUI team will be partnering with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office and Oklahoma City Police Department for extra patrols on Friday, Jan. 11.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office will be conducting a checkpoint and will have high-visibility patrols out before, during, and after the checkpoint. The checkpoint will run from 11 p.m. until about 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

The Oklahoma City Police Department will be adding extra patrols throughout their city limits searching for impaired drivers. Our goal is to make the roads as safe as possible by getting impaired drivers off the roads.

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

FOR RELEASE

January 10, 2019

MEDIA CONTACT

Cody McDonell
Cody.McDonell@dps.ok.gov (405) 479-7637

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLJtHvED53wIn 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.

Think about those numbers for a minute. That's more than 300 families who had a knock on their door one day telling them their loved one will never come home again. All because of the actions of an impaired driver.

In December 2018, the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office launched a new PSA campaign titled "Stop the Knock - The Other Side of the Door". This video chronicles the day of a typical Oklahoma family, ending with a knock at the door that no parent or spouse ever wants to receive. Check out the PSA for yourself by clicking the image above.

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 Cody.McDonell@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.

Pictured above is a behind the scenes photo from "Stop the Knock - The Other Side of the Door". Photo credit: Oklahoma Highway Safety Office.

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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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DUI Patrols and Checkpoint Planned in Oklahoma County

DUI Patrols and Checkpoint Plannedin Oklahoma County

FOR RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT

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.

DUI Patrols and Checkpoint Planned
in Oklahoma County