CHULA VISTA DUI COPS GET CASH FOR CHULA VISTA DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Chula Vista Police Department has an extra $412,000 to help it combat drunk drivers this holiday season, thanks to a grant from the California Office of Travel Safety.
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A press release issued this week from the Chula Vista Police Department says the grant will help the city to keep impaired drivers (DUI drivers) off the streets and:
"Will provide an additional 'full-time' officer to work in the Chula Vista Police Department's Traffic Division on the DUI Enforcement Team and provide overtime money for operations such as checkpoints, saturation patrols, and warrant sweeps. The warrant sweeps will target DUI offenders who do not comply with the conditions of their probation or who do not appear in court as required."
The first operation associated with the grant will go into effect on Nov. 24, when the city will set up a DUI checkpoint within the city.
$412.000 for one full time officer and some checkpoints? I think this has got to be looked into further.
What I would like to see is more training for officers. Spend the money where's it's needed: making the cops do it right.
Attorney Mary Frances Prevost is the first San Diego sustaining member of the National College for DUI Defense. She is a certified operator of the Intox 8000 DUI breath testing instrument which is used by the San Diego Police Department. She is an owner of the EC-IR machine, used by the San Diego Sheriff's Department. She teaches seminars on DUI defense around the country to other lawyers.
