King County: On Friday November 23th the Washington State Patrol, and multiple other police agencies will be kicking off the annual holiday season DUI Emphasis patrols. As of October 31st, 2018 there have been 224 number of people killed in collisions investigated by WSP. In King County, alone, there have been 41 people killed in collisions. Impairment from alcohol and/or drugs is believed to be a factor in many of these life taking collisions.
This holiday season the WSP in conjunction with local police agencies are dedicated to increasing DUI patrols in an effort to make our roadways safer, remove impaired drivers, and do our best to ensure families stay safe. We recognize that the holidays are a time of celebrations, parties, and family get togethers. The focus of the increased patrols is to remove impaired drivers and reduce/deter collision causing driving behaviors by increasing the number of officers on our roads. The WSP urges everyone who is joining in the festivities to do so responsibly, and make great decisions. Whether you’re a driver or a passenger you need to decide to not drive impaired, or ride with an impaired driver. This vital decision can save yours, or someone else’s, life.
On November 23th at 8 PM the WSP is going to invite local police agencies, the public, and the media to attend our kick off event. It will be held at our District office in Bellevue. The address for this office is: 2803 156th Ave SE Bellevue, WA. At this event we plan on having guest speaker(s) who will share how a DUI collision has changed their life forever, and what we can do to prevent it from happening this year.
