Hands Across the Border a Five-State Dui Dragnet

‘HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER’ ..A FIVE-STATE DUI DRAGNET

Statewide Crackdown Coming Aug26th Through Aug31st

(CARROLL COUNTY-GAALABAMA) For six days leading up to the Labor Day holiday travel weekend, the Georgia State Patrol and local police and sheriff’s deputies will participate in the 16th Annual Hands Across theBorderhighway safety awareness campaign. From Sunday, August 26th, through Friday, August 31st, 2007, Georgia law enforcement will join their partners from bordering states Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee in a major southeastern Operation Zero Tolerance impaired driving initiative.

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WHO: Highway safety advocates and law enforcement from Alabama, Georgiaandthe Western

Regional Traffic Enforcement Network (WRTEN). WRTEN includes law enforcement

agencies from Haralson, Carroll, Heard, Troup, Douglas, Coweta, Paulding, and

Meriwether counties.

WHAT: DUI ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN ROADCHECK SCHEDULED

WHERE: 7PM-Thursday August 30GA/ALAMeeting andCheckpoint Briefing, Gordon Street,

Hightower Funeral Home Meeting Facility, Bremen

8PM-Thursday August 30Sobriety Checkpoint- Intersection of US Hwy 27 & I-20

REPORTERS NOTE: August 30ROADCHECK INFORMATION EMBARGOED until underway.

WHAT: FOLLOW UP MEDIA EVENT SCHEDULED/TWO-STATE NEWS CONFERENCE

WHERE: 10AM-Friday August 31(HATB) Georgia-Alabama Hands Across The Border

Media EventatGeorgiaWelcomeCenter onI-20 in HaralsonCounty.

CONTACT: Sgt. Greg Holcomb, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office

Office: 770-214-3596 Pager: 800-312-4658

POLICE IN FIVE STATES JOIN GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT..

“Hands AcrossThe Border means impaired driving laws will be strictly enforced from state-to-state in a seamless effort to save lives during the deadly Labor Day Holiday travel period,” says

Director Bob Dallas of the Georgia Governor's Office ofHighway Safety (GOHS). “This week-long operation sends an unmistakable message to the motoring public that safe driving doesn’t stop at the state line. Our traffic laws may come from different books, but we’re all on the same page when it comes to taking drunk drivers off our roads,” says Director Dallas.

This year, Hands Across the Border is part of the “OneHundred Days of Summer HEAT” campaign sponsored by GOHS to raise awareness about the deadly consequences of speed, drunk and drugged driving, and failure to use safety belts and child restraints. Remember, your best protection against an encounter with a drunk driver is a buckled safety belt.

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Sonny Perdue, Governor Robert F. Dallas, Director