Police Planning DUI Patrols Around South Hills
The roving DUI patrols are planned for this weekend.
Police officers from around the South Hills will be out in full force this weekend conducting roving DUI patrols.
The South Hills Area DUI Task Force, which includes police departments from Bridgeville, Scott, Collier, Mt. Lebanon, Baldwin, South Fayette and Castle Shannon, will increase efforts to find impaired drivers Friday and Saturday nights.
A police officer from Bridgeville and three officers from Heidelberg will be on patrol Saturday night and early Sunday morning looking for drunk drivers.
Heidelberg and Scott Township police arrested seven suspected drunk drivers during the last organized patrols during St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities.
The other police departments in the South Hills will also be out during staggered hours over the weekend.
This article first appeared on Chartiers Valley Patch.
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Bridgeville Police Department
425 Bower Hill Rd, Bridgeville, PA -
Scott Township Police Department
301 Lindsay Rd, Heidelberg, PA -
Collier Township Police Department
2418 Hilltop Rd, Presto, PA -
Baldwin Township Police Department
10 Community Park Dr, Pittsburgh, PA -
Heidelberg Police Department
1631 E Railroad St, Heidelberg, PA -
A.P.G.
9:39 am on Friday, May 4, 2012
It's good to know about these checkpoints and the Patch does a good job in covering them. These police departments are over the top when it comes to DUI checkpoints. Enough with the DUI checkpoints. It's all come down to how many people can we catch and how much money from the Commonwealth can they get for their department for increased enforcement, arrest and prosecution numbers. It's not all about driver and vehicular safety on the roads. But with warm weather come checkpoints, always funny how they are not out there during freezing cold weather or on the routes home after a Steeler game. Countless people drive under the influence on their way home from the Steelers games. However, the police and the Commonwealth know that over enforcement of DUI checkpoints on the routes out of town after game will only reduce money and donations given by the Steelers organization and it's fans to the law enforcement communities. Money talks and always will. For the record I'm not condoning driving under the influence, rather I'm fed up with the selective enforcement tactics and unfairness of the checkpoint system.
Roger
6:16 am on Saturday, May 5, 2012
A.P.G., do I understand from your comment that the loss of 17,000 lives every year, 40,000 injured, and millions of dollars lost in productivity is OK, as long as the local municipalities get some cash? Your criticism is directed to the law enforcement sector, and says nothing about the selfish choices the drunken drivers make. Steeler game, happy hour, high-profile parties, and the like do not make a reason for people to make selfish choices about their driving habits.
You say "money talks." What about the families of those who have lost loved ones by the choices of those choosing to drive while drunk? What about their voice? What about the voice of the law-abiding citizen who becomes the victim of the stupidity of another with bad choices?
Remember, the average drunken driver has driven impaired 78 times before getting caught in some form (e.g. accident, traffic stop, etc.). This means there are lots of 3,000, 4,000, and higher pound vehicles ready to be used as a deadly weapon on our roadways. Why do we take this issue so lightly?