Increased numbers of Metro police officers will be on duty Monday night and early Tuesday in a concerted effort to prevent alcohol-related traffic crashes and fatalities. Officers will be saturating roadways near bars and taverns, as well as the interstate system and downtown, looking for intoxicated or impaired drivers.
“Sheriff Hall’s Sober Ride program is one that offers an important alternative to getting behind the wheel drunk. I strongly encourage persons who drink on New Year’s Eve to consider how they will safely get home. If we stop a drunk driver, the only ride we’ll be giving is to jail,” Chief Ronal Serpas said.
Supplementing the department’s normal complement of patrol and traffic officers, will be approximately 20 additional Metro officers who are being paid through a grant from the Governor’s Highway Safety Office. Those officers will be on duty into the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.
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