ENDUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols Planned in Comanche County
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol ENDUI team will partner with the Comanche County Sheriff's Office and the Lawton Police Department to conduct sobriety checkpoints and high-visibility saturation patrols in Comanche County on Friday, December 29th.
Mobilization efforts will run between 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
The goal is simple: to make Comanche County as safe as possible by getting impaired drivers off the roads. Additional officers and troopers will be on duty looking for impaired drivers across the Comanche County area before, during and after the checkpoints.
Presently, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and many local law enforcement agencies across the State are joining the nationwide Winter Holiday Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Impaired Driving Enforcement Mobilization which runs from Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 - Monday, January 1st, 2024.
During the 2021 holiday period, there were 2,691 crashes statewide. Of those, 147 (or 5.5%) were alcohol and/or drug related. Combined with the efforts from law enforcement, the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office asks the public to not drive impaired or under the influence so Oklahoma roads can be safer for everyone this holiday season.
Everyone is highly encouraged to create a plan beforehand and have a designated driver before heading out to celebrate the holiday festivities. 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 megan.cardenas@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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