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Bay View serious about stopping drunk drivers■y LAURA LIWPtAYiaurailndsay0sanduskyreglster.comBY VIBWSince taking over as Bay View’s part-time police chief in February, Sandusky police detective Helen Prosowski haspicked up six volunteer police officers and is pushing the “You Drink Drive, You Loseinitiative.The national program to curb drunk drivers is complimented by the $13.9 million national campaign which puts drivers on notice: If they drive impaired they will be caught and prosecuted, said Prosowski, who has been withthe Sandusky Police Department for more than 20 years. Not all communities makean extra effort to warn their residents about the costs ofdriving impaired, but the detective, who lives in Bay View, said she wants her neighbors to be safe.‘‘We may be a small village, but things occur on a smaller level, Prosowski said. “We‘Our department lust wants thepublic to be aware. A few times athe National Highway TrafficSafety Administration said.“This is why Bay View will bethis Laboryear, we like to remind people9Prosowski, police chief of Bay Viewworking this Labor Dayweekend cracking down on drunk drivers,” Prosowski said.“The majority of accidentsoccur around the .08 level, shesaid. “I am glad the limit has been set at this level. Peoplehave shown that when theydon’t have that bad of a the public to be aware,” she reach this point, they are oftenproblem, but somebody was charged for [driving while intoxicated) in Bay View within the last two weeks.”said. “A few times a year, we liketo remind people.According to FBI’s Uniform“It has happened here, and we don’t want it to,” she said.“About 700 people live in Bay View, and my concern is for them.Crime Report, more than1.4 million people nationwide were arrested in 2003 forimpaired.Nearly 97 percent of Americans view drinking and driving by others as a threat to their families and themselves,driving under the influence.That year, more than 13,000The Bay View Police Department will probably have more officers patrolling over Labor Day weekend: however, officers will not be pulling over one car after another, Prosowskipeople died in highway crashesaccording to NHTSA.“This Labor Day holiday there will be no warnings,1 theinvolving a driver with anillegal blood -alcohol concen-exceptions or excuses, chief said. Always buckle up— it’s still your best defensetration level of 0.08 or higher,impaired driversaid.They also will not have sobriety checkpoints.Our department just wants\HOME FURNISHINGSurrv riMC nPTWF.SE
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Sandusky Sunday Register
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Sun, Aug 21, 2005
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