The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department along with other Law Enforcement
Agencies will be working this upcoming “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”
campaign to combat impaired driving. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
Administration has rewarded the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office with a grant to
conduct DUI patrols within the parish. We will be conducting DUI patrols utilizing
this grant from August 20, 2021 through September 6, 2021. There will be a
Safety Checkpoint for Impaired Drivers set up somewhere in Evangeline Parish
on September 3, 2021 from 8pm-4am.
In 2017, more than 40 percent of the motor vehicle crashes in Louisiana were
alcohol related. Operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol or other
impairing substances remains a major cause of vehicle crashes, serious injuries
and fatalities in Louisiana. All law enforcement officers work diligently
throughout the year to identify impaired drivers and get them off our roadways.
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department received a grant from LHSC and this
will be the first year that the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s office will be participating
in the “DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER “campaign. We are very excited to
be teaming up with other Law Enforcement Agencies across the state, making the
roadways safer for the citizens of Evangeline Parish.
Sheriff Charles R. Guillory would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable year!
“Remember if you are going to drink, have a designated driver”.
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