Highway patrol in Puna?

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Originally posted by gypsy69

Not saying the police are doing a bad job or that I dislike them. Just not sure the police are prioritizing the use of community dollars that best serves their community? Say that 8-12 cops are on duty, why should more than half be on our 35 mph highway at 1:00 A.M on a Monday night?.

Would a taxi service or community service serve a good purpose in an area like this. The service could be a few vans with designated drivers (maybe police) who would drive and park near bars on tevery half hour after say 10pm. Donations and contributions from bars, police, madd organizations and what not could help in the effort. Your driving privileges in a area like Puna are worth trying new ways to combat old problems.

Be safe everyone and maybe its just the end of the month quota's being earned like you all say.

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Actually I think enforcing DUI laws on the only route in or out of much of Puna is the perfect place for them to be at that hour. They are easily available to answer a call if need be, but both the actual enforcement, and just their presence encourages safer driving, both at the time and in the future. Otherwise they are just randomly doing patrols, and as spread out as our community is they can't possibly prevent most other types of crime. Maybe Oink will weigh in on this one, he has far more experience than any of us with police procedures.

I do know that my mother was a judge when MADD first started and the DUI laws started to get stiffer. She said that the rule changes just got the responsible drinkers off the road, but the hard core multi-time offenders ended up doing real jail time, because they wouldn't quit drinking and driving, or get a designated driver. Our roads are dangerous enough, I am glad that the police are making a concerted effort to get the impaired driver off the roads.

Carol

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