Maryland: State Police round up drunk drivers from shore to shining shore of Chesapeake

The arrests stemmed from operation Checkpoint Strikeforce which was conducted at Rt 480 S/of Crouse Mill Rd. The operation was conducted between 9:00 pm Saturday night through 2:00 am Sunday morning. 83 vehicles were checked during the operation

Virginia: Katie R. Reber kicks off the DUI drinking, driving and dying season with arrest and assaulting officer

An officer on patrol observed a vehicle stopped in a lane of traffic. Upon making contact with the intoxicated driver, the vehicle drove off. Officers pursued the vehicle and the driver lost control bringing the vehicle to a stop.

While taking custody of the driver, an officer was assaulted. Katie R. Reber, 34, of Alexandria, was charged with DWI, disregarding police signal, reckless driving, and assault on law enforcement.

Illinois: attorney Matt Haiduk asks ‘why do cops let drunk drivers get behind the wheel without stopping them?’

You know how drunk drivers are a danger? They cause accidents? You know how they kill people? You know how we can’t tolerate having impaired drivers on the road? You know how we are so gung-ho on punishing DUI that we won’t even tolerate a drunk driver pulling off the road to “sleep it off”?

Maybe none of that is true. Maybe it’s ok to let a drunk drive for a little bit. Or maybe keeping drunks off the road isn’t really as important as letting drunks on the road so we can then take them off the road and look like we’re doing some sort of good work. I don’t know.