From the Orange County Sheriff's Office
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Florida Highway Patrol and the Orange County Community Traffic Safety Team, will host a multi-jurisdictional DUI Saturation Patrol Operation for Spring Break.
This DUI saturation roving patrol operation is scheduled between 9:00 PM and 4:00 AM on Friday, March 17th, and concludes on Saturday, March 18th.
The checkpoints will be throughout Orange County.
The operation will be a multi-jurisdictional effort involving members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orlando Police Department, Winter Park Police Department, University of Central Florida Police Department, Edgewood Police Department, Winter Garden Police Department, Windermere Police Department, Maitland Police Department, Apopka Police Department, Ocoee Police Department, Oakland Police Department, Belle Isle Police Department, Eatonville Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol.
As the nation’s college students overwhelm Central Florida for Spring Break, student binge alcohol drinking often results in deadly consequences for the vehicle driver, passengers, and other victims from a crash. On the average, the cost for a DUI arrest will be near $10,000 for the person charged and could result in multi-millions of dollars for injuries, deaths, and property damage for a DUI. This is a countywide detail and mutual aid will be granted to all participating law enforcement municipalities; enabling local agencies to police throughout Orange County.
High profile DUI Saturation Patrol Operations have been a valuable tool for law enforcement. The objective of this operation is to educate the motoring public and to safely remove suspected DUI offenders and criminal traffic violators from the highways by highly mobile visibility traffic enforcement tactics. This multi-agency traffic safety detail is well worth your attention as a concentrated effort is made to save lives.
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