Monday, March 4, 2013
Three people were charged with driving under the influence, police said.
Authorities say five drivers were arrested late Saturday and early Sunday at a sobriety checkpoint on U.S. Route 1 in North Laurel. According to Howard County police, three people were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, one for driving without a license, and one for driving on a suspended license. A total of 537 vehicles reportedly passed through the checkpoint, situated near Davis Avenue and staffed by members of the HCPD and Maryland State Police. Drivers were given an informational handout with DUI information, police said, and the Howard County chapter of Mothers against Drunk Driving provided assistance with the checkpoint. The operation was part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce Campaign and was funded in part by a …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Police say five were arrested for driving under the influence.
Five drivers were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in a Howard County Police DUI Checkpoint in Ellicott City on the weekend of Dec. 8. According to a statement from the department, nearly 650 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, on Route 40 Westbound at the intersection of Govenors Run Way in Ellicott City on the night of Dec. 8 and the early morning hours of Dec. 9. Members of the Howard County Police Department, the Howard County Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk driving (M.A.D.D), and the Maryland State Police staffed the checkpoint The Howard County Department of Police conducted a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday, December 8, 2012 into the early morning hours of Sunday, December 9, 2012. The checkpoint was …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Police said the holiday period has a high incidence of alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
Howard County Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the county this weekend. Police said the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's has a high incidence of alcohol-related traffic fatalities, with about 25 people per day being killed nationally in impaired-driving crashes. The checkpoint is one of several that have occurred throughout the year. A checkpoint on Route 1 in North Laurel in August netted five arrests and one in Columbia on MD 175 eastbound in March led to the arrest of two people. Twenty-five percent of the county's fatal collisions in 2011 were alcohol-related, according to police. In 2011, police arrested 1,391 individuals for driving under the influence. Sign up for the Columbia Patch…
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Officers will check for alcohol, seatbelt compliance and use of child safety seats.
The Howard County Police will set up a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the county this weekend, police said in a statement Wednesday. Police will be in marked and unmarked vehicles in a setting with lights and signage. While the department did not say where the checkpoint would be, it did say what officers will be looking for: The checkpoint is partially funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office and falls under the Checkpoint Strikeforce, a multi-state initiative to take impaired drivers off the roads. This is the second DUI checkpoint of the summer, after police arrested four people for driving under the influence on the Fourth of July. In Howard County, alcohol was involved in 25 percent of fatal crashes last year, …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Prince George's County Police will hold checkpoint in Laurel late Friday evening.
Residents riding along Laurel Bowie Road late Friday evening will be subject to a sobriety checkpoint, announced Prince George's County Police. Officers from the Special Operations Division will be conducting the DUI checkpoints from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday along the 13000 block of Laurel-Bowie Road in South Laurel. The Laurel area has seen its share of checkpoints over the last year. In September, the City of Laurel held checkpoints along Route 1 that yielded five arrests. Howard County also ran checkpoints last summer in North Laurel.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Howard County had a mostly peaceful 4th of July.
Howard County Police reported they made four DUI arrests on Wednesday, the 4th of July, and that no one was arrested at the Columbia Lakefront celebration. It was a noticeable turn from last year's festivities when 18 people were arrested for DUI over the 4th of July weekend and a juvenile was arrested after a fight broke out at the lakefront. About 20,000 to 25,000 people attended this year's celebration at the Lakefront, according to Phil Bryan, superintendent of recreation activities for the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks. That number is less than the 30,000 to 50,000 that were expected to attend. Bryan wrote in an email that the low turnout may have been the result of the heat and threatening inclement weather. …
Friday, June 29, 2012
Officers will check for alcohol, seatbelt compliance and use of child safety seats.
The Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday this year, but the Howard County Police Department is ready for early celebrations. In addition to ramping up patrols on July 4, police will set up a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the county during the weekend, police said in a statement Thursday. Police will be in marked and unmarked vehicles in a setting with lights and signage. While the department did not say where the checkpoint would be, it did say what officers will be looking for: The checkpoint is partially funded by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office and falls under the Checkpoint Strikeforce, a multi-state initiative to take impaired drivers off the roads. In Howard County, alcohol was involved in 25 percent of fatal …
Monday, March 19, 2012
Howard County and Maryland State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint in Columbia late Saturday.
Police said they arrested two drivers for driving under the influence of alcohol during a scheduled sobriety checkpoint in Columbia from Saturday night into early Sunday. Officers from Howard County and Maryland State Police set up a checkpoint on eastbound MD 175 at Columbia Gateway Drive and observed 858 vehicles, pulling over seven vehicles for further examination, according to Howard County Police Department spokesperson Bryce Buell. In addition to two DUI arrests, police said one driver was arrested for a drug violation and another was arrested for driving with a suspended license. HCPD checkpoints are funded in part by a grant from the Maryland Highway Safety Office and are part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Police will be checking for intoxicated drivers, seat belt usage and child safety seats.
The Howard County Police are giving drivers warning: buckle up and drive sober—they’ll be watching. This week, the police department will be conducting one of its regular sobriety checkpoints at an undisclosed location. Drivers will have to stop at the checkpoint, which will be marked with signs and lights and staffed by officers in uniform. At the checkpoint, police will check drivers to ensure they are sober, wearing safety belts and using child safety seats properly. Police in Howard County determined that alcohol was a factor in six of 13 fatal collisions last year. In 2010, police arrested nearly 1,650 people for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence. According to a statement released by police, “an average of five …
Monday, June 20, 2011
Howard County police arrested more than 1,600 people last year for drinking and driving.
The Howard County Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the county this week, according to a statement released by the department on Monday. Officers in both marked and unmarked vehicles will be checking for drunk drivers, as well as those violating seat belt and child safety seat laws. According to the department, alcohol was a factor in six of 13 fatal collisions in 2010, and more than 1,600 people were arrested for driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated. The checkpoints are part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign, funded with help from a grant by the Maryland Highway Safety Office. Police are reminding citizens to call 911 if they see someone behind the wheel whom they …
Colliemom
1:19 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Wish they would do more of these; great way to take impaired drivers (who are a risk to harm any/all of us) off the roads. Wish the court sentencing was a lot tougher, though; would be more of a deterrent if they did jail time/big fines/seized cars. more ›