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Northern Delaware County Dui Taskforce

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Roving DUI Patrols Coming This Week

The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce will be out the week of February 3.

The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce will be conducting roving DUI patrols during the week of February 3. The taskforce is comprised of six municipalities—Radnor, Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Springfield and Upper Darby townships—and has been in operation since September of 2009. In the course of 38 operations in that time, the taskforce has arrested 80 drivers for DUI or drugs, issued 29 citations for underage drinking, and written 448 citations and 500 warnings for other motor vehicle violations. The purpose of the taskforce is to save lives on the roadways and reduce injuries by aggressively enforcing DUI laws. According to police, sobriety checkpoints are a proactive visual deterrent while also removing impaired drivers. Roving …

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Mildred Roberts

9:25 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2013

Tom. you might care if you get stopped, if you had read: "and written 448 citations and 500 warnings for other motor vehicle violations." LOL   more ›

Friday, March 16, 2012

DUI Taskforce to Patrol On St. Patrick's Day

Checkpoints and DUI patrols will take place in Delaware County on Saturday.

The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce will be performing patrols on St. Patrick's Day, according to a press release issued to the media. “Don't think that drinking green beer gives you the right to spill red blood on streets—yours or anyone else's,” stated Haverford Police Deputy Chief John Viola in the press release. “We encourage everyone who plans to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year with alcohol to keep in mind our anti-drunk-driving campaign slogan, 'Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving.'" The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce includes six municipalities— Radnor Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Springfield and Upper Darby townships. According to statistics compiled the Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce: The taskforce issued …

Catherine

10:48 am on Saturday, March 17, 2012

Dep Chief Viola colorfully continued, "If you drink too much, the men in blue will lock you up behind those steel gray bars. Don't be a yellow coward. Stay sober. Then, the next morning, your friends can say 'Orange you glad you didn't overdo it on the green beer?' " Reply   more ›

Friday, February 24, 2012

39 Traffic Investigations During Super Bowl

Checkpoints and DUI patrols were conducted in Delaware County.

During the Super Bowl, the Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce investigated 39 traffic investigations. The Northern Delaware County DUI Taskforce, which includes six municipalities—Haverford, Marple, Newtown, Radnor, Springfield and Upper Darby townships—conducted a roving DUI patrol on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 05. Sgt. Shant Bedrossian of the Haverford Police Department stated the taskforce "conducted 39 investigations which resulted in the following:"

Herp Derp

7:29 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012

I'm glad this is how tax payer money is being wasted. The DUI patrol was clearly super effective.   more ›

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