PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
You Drink & Drive, You Lose.
Law Enforcement Efforts Effective
Public Information Officer:
September 5, 2006
Cpl. Kevin Tieman,
Cass County Sheriff’s Office
816-380-8615 (Office)
816-738-4394 (Cell)
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office participated in the “You Drink & Drive. You Lose” crackdown conducted August 18 through September 4, 2006. During the enforcement effort deputies issued a total of 41 traffic tickets including:
- 4 driving while intoxicated
- 16 speeding
- 25 other traffic violations
“We feel the program is very successful”, stated Sheriff Dwight Diehl. “When we remove a drunk driver from the roads, we all travel safer”.
Funding for this effort was provided through a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Missouri Safety Center.