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Bluffton, IN. – The Bluffton Police Department announced today its participation in the national and statewide 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization occurring August 12 through September 5, 2016. Officers will join more than 250 state and local law enforcement agencies, and thousands more across the country, to conduct high-visibility patrols encouraging drivers against drinking and driving.

“Ensuring drivers and their passengers are safe on the road is one of our key priorities,” Deputy Chief Kyle Randall explained. “This campaign allows us the opportunity to remind everyone behind the wheel that driving while intoxicated is against the law. We will be out in full patrol and chances are if you drive impaired, we will pull you over.”

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is an annual enforcement effort supported by federal funding allocated to the Bluffton Police Department from the Traffic Safety division of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). At least five Bluffton Police Officers will work overtime to conduct sobriety patrols and checkpoints around the clock. According to ICJI, in 2015, there were 4,828 alcohol-impaired collisions in Indiana, resulting in 92 fatalities. This is a 26.5 percent decrease in the number of alcohol-impaired collisions, and a 9 percent decrease in resulting fatalities, from 2014.

“While this decrease in alcohol-impaired collisions and fatalities means we’re on the right track, there’s still room for improvement” said ICJI Director Dave Murtaugh. “In an effort to ensure our roads are safe at every turn, we will continue increase Indiana’s education and enforcement on impaired driving.”

Indiana law enforcement agencies have been actively involved in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign for over 20 years.

For more information regarding the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization campaign, please visit: http://www.nhtsa.gov/drivesober/. To learn more about the Bluffton Police Department, please visit: http://blufftonindiana.net/police-department/.

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Media Contact: Kyle Randall
Deputy Chief of Police
260.824.3320 / [email protected]