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Law enforcement Officers Crack Down on Drunk Drivers on East Side

WHAT: The Orange County Community Traffic Safety Task Force, in conjunction with the UCF Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office, will conduct a DUI Saturation Patrol operation on Friday, May 28, 2010.  This multi-jurisdictional effort will be hosted by the UCF Police Department and Orange County Sheriff’s Office.  High profile DUI Saturation Patrol operations have been a valuable tool to law enforcement.  The objective of this operation is to safely remove suspected DUI offenders and criminal traffic violators from the highways by mobile high visibility traffic enforcement tactics.

WHEN:   Friday, May 28, 2010 — 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM Sunday, May 29, 2010

WHERE: The operation will be centered around the B.A.T. Mobile, which will be located at UCF Police Department offices on the east campus.  A roving patrol composed of deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and local municipalities will saturate the streets, road and highways around the UCF campus A briefing of involved agencies will commence at 8:30 PM in the UCF PD parking lot located on the east campus of UCF. The operation will begin at approximately 9:00 PM.

WHO: The operation is a multi-agency effort involving members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol Troop D, FHP Troop K Turnpike, 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, Florida Department of Transportation Motor Carrier Compliance Division, and the Belle Isle Police Department.

ETC: This multi-agency traffic safety detail is well-worth your attention.  Those interested in covering the safety detail should report to the briefing location.  The parking lot will serve as the operation’s command post and the mobile blood alcohol testing unit will be stationed there.  You will be able to get sound and video at that location and the event coordinator and contact person for the operation is Traffic Specialist D/S Claude Leslie 407-836-0800.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving are set to be at this event.

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