Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: dec. 19, 2002
Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Operation Blue Talon to crack down on drunk driving
Shreveport Police Department will participate in a nationwide effort to crack down on impaired driving this holiday season.
Operation Blue TALON: Crack Crackdown on Impaired Driving begins tomorrow, Dec. 20, and runs through Jan. 5 -- a time when people may have a little too much holiday "spirits."
Shreveport police officers will be paying close attention to the roadways, watching for drunk drivers throughout the city.
Operation Blue TALON is a campaign put on by Region VI of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Region VI includes the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and the Indian Nations.
In 2000, alcohol-related fatalities represented 40 percent of all traffic fatalities in the nation. That is a decline from 50 percent in 1990.
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