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| One Night DUII Education and Enforcement Event End in 16 DUII Arrests in Douglas County | ||
| 12/17/2007 | ||
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Lieutenant Douglas Ladd Oregon State Police - Roseburg Office: (541) 440-3334 A multi-agency DUII campaign including a public awareness event and one night enhanced enforcement effort ended with sixteen people arrested Saturday night in the Douglas County area. On Saturday, December 15, 2007, a multi-agency DUII awareness-enforcement campaign took place in Douglas County. Oregon State Police (OSP) and ODOT co-sponsored DUII awareness event at K-Mart in Roseburg from noon to 4:00 p.m., including the OSP Mobile DUII Processing Center motorhome on display and a crashed car from a past fatal DUII crash. Several hundred people came came to the event, viewed the displays, and also heard impaired driving safety speeches by Douglas County Chief Deputy District Attorney Rick Wesenberg and OSP Roseburg Area Commander Lieutenant Douglas Ladd. Following the educational event, a multi-agency DUII enforcement effort took place between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. Saturday night into Sunday morning. Sixteen DUII arrests were made in the Douglas County area by participating agencies. Five were made by OSP troopers; five arrests by Douglas County Sheriff deputies; four arrests by Sutherlin police officers; and, two DUII arrests by Roseburg police. Douglas County Sheriff's Office Deputy Ken Berry had three DUII arrests during the night. Several other arrests and citations were noted, including one Reckless Driving arrest, outstanding warrant arrests, and Driving While Suspended citations. "It is satisfying to know that 16 potential killers were removed from the highways of Douglas County last Saturday, " said OSP Lieutenant Douglas Ladd. "It's also dissapointing because it showed we clearly still have a long way to go regarding education and prevention of this crime." Agencies participating in Saturday's educational event included OSP, ODOT, Douglas County SO, Winston Police, Sutherlin Police, MADD, and the Douglas County DA's Office. Agencies participating in the enforcement effort were OSP, DCSO, Roseburg PD, Sutherlin PD, and Winston PD. Extra officers were put on patrol using federal grant funds. ### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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