For Immediate Release: January 1, 2004
On New Years Eve and into the early morning hours of New Years Day 2004 the Hall County Sheriff's Office conducted concentrated traffic patrols and a vehicle safety checkpoint in Hall County. Extra deputies where brought in for the holiday patrol. They concentrated their efforts on DUI’s, speeders, and aggressive drivers.
Around midnight a Sheriff’s Sobriety Checkpoint was set up on Browns Bridge Road just west of Gainesville. Deputies screened each driver for alcohol impairment as they checked drivers license.
The officers found that most drivers where sober or had designated drivers.
Officers did find several violators and issued citations and made arrest for following:
14 arrests for DUI
25 speeding citations
19 no license
8 seat belt citations
2 arrest suspended license
14 no insurance citations
22 other traffic arrest/citations
2 drug arrest
19 Total Warnings
Even with the arrests, the Hall County Sheriff's Office considered the New Years Holiday to be very safe and without any major incidents.
1st Lieutenant Jeff Strickland
Uniform Patrol Division
Hall County Sheriff's Office