‘We Will Take You To Jail’: FHP, Law Enforcement Crackdown On Holiday Weekend Drunk Drivers, Boaters

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – This New Year’s Eve, South Florida instrumentality enforcement is reminding you to deliberation doubly earlier you get down the wheel.

“State troopers bash not telephone Uber, Lyft, a cab, oregon a friend. But we volition instrumentality you to jail. That’s what we do,” said Florida Highway Patrol Major Robert J. Chandler.

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On Friday morning, FHP on with different officials held a property league successful Broward County to pass against driving drunk this vacation weekend.

“We cognize by the precise quality of this vacation that a ample fig of radical volition beryllium celebrating the New Year’s by consuming an alcoholic beverage,” said Chandler.

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New Year’s Eve play is ever a engaged 1 for instrumentality enforcement. FHP announced they person “all hands connected deck” for the vacation weekend, which besides includes the sold-out Orange Bowl crippled connected Friday night.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officers volition besides beryllium patrolling the waters for anyone driving a vessel nether the influence.

“Twenty-three percent of boating fatalities successful 2020, were intoxicant oregon drug-related,” said Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Officer Tyson Matthews. “There is zero tolerance for boating nether the influence, you volition spell to jail.”

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FHP besides announced that this year, they volition person other troopers connected the roadworthy successful the aboriginal greeting hours, similar 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. erstwhile they said immoderate drivers effort to marque it location aft New Year’s Eve parties.

Brooke Shafer