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?DUI Task Force? Forming in Denver Area

By Conaway and Strickler

A ?DUI Task Force? made of seven local law enforcement agencies in the Denver metropolitan area began vigorous patrols July 26, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The task force will concentrate several groups of officers in a small part of the area, where they will look for drivers who are under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. The article did not specify how the officers will decide which drivers are intoxicated, but said sobriety checkpoints may be used in future patrols. Local prosecutors have agreed to take cases brought to them by officers outside their jurisdictions. ?We know that any time we put out more officers, we see more DUI arrests,? said Major Steven Powell of the Colorado State Patrol.

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on August 02, 2007 (boomark / email).