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Anoka County DWI task force Grant -lei May `';it'' :'�'� pr.�:.�r. °s>> aimed at impaired dri - ers was initiated in Anoka County This piol ..t «a= sncd to be_hith visibility, coupled with aggressive enforcement efforts : Thc. oaf into remove Anoka County from the 1,5 deadli- est counties list in Minnesota: Currently Anoka County is the third deadliest county for alcohol related crashes and fatalities (2004- '200.6',Miin�ie :,ota Department of Public Safely Impaired Driving Fact Sheet). The, ioka County DWI Task Force is federally funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (?III 1 SA) „: through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. It is estimated that approximately 1.5 million dollars will be, spent in Anoka County over thenext_3_ years on this program. The program is being carefully monitored by N UStA.. If alcohat relatedctishes and fatalities continue to decline in ,Anoka Counts, the program will become amodel program nation wide. Nlembers ofthe Lino Lakes Police Department have been :instrumental in developing and implementing the program. Sin. Bill 1lammes is one of the programs eo- authors and is responsible for a larvae portion of the programs day-to-day opera - tions :'Tlhirty Seven .Anoka County DWI Task Force operations have been conducted from May of through December of 2007 with seven of these operations focused specifically in Lino Lakes:-Ueal, county and state officers working this project have compiled the following statis- tics: • Arrested 498 impaired drivers 6,930 vehicles have been stopped • 3.46'drivers have been cited for driving without a driver's lic-eftse 83 Warrant arrests Seized 34 vehicles to be forfeited as a result of impaired driving 73 drug.arrests • 2089 trot citations 211 seat belt citations x,917 warning i stied Suns warning of a Task Force operation Sgt. Hammes spcakiai to the tali: force Sale and Sober -The department has joined with the other 10 agencies in :Anoka County to de- ploy offeers in an overtime gp'ant to enforce traffic laws. For the 2007 -2008 fiscal year, a $41,000 gaunt was awarded .Anoka C=ount}' Laws Enforcement agencies.Agencics will work in their Ow-TI jurisdictions as well as joining together to saturate each of the participating; agencies respective jurisdictions. This stepped up enforcement effort is focused on reducing speeders, and strict enforcement of seat halt laws.