Elkhart County – On March 9, 2017, Indiana State Trooper Jonathon Price was one of several officers recognized by the Elkhart County Drug Free Partnership for having the highest number of DUI arrests in Elkhart County for 2016. Elkhart County’s top law enforcement was honored during a special banquet held at the Lerner Theatre in Elkhart.
All of the officers that were recognized have the highest number of DUI arrests in their local department for intoxicated drivers in Elkhart County.
Price joined the state police in 2014 and has received the award for the third consecutive year. Price works out of the Bremen Post and is assigned to patrol duties in Elkhart County. Price also works marijuana eradication for 5 to 6 months a year during the summer months. Price had a total of 28 DUI arrests in 2016 during the months he worked patrol, 14 of those DUI’s were in Elkhart County. Price is also active in combating all types criminal activity and racked up an astonishing 421 criminal arrests including 134 felony arrests in 2016.
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