Officers Rewarded for DUI Arrests
Mississippi law enforcement officers will be honored in Jackson today in relation to DUI enforcement. This news from a short blurb in the Clarion Ledger, which states:
I wish the Clarion Ledger would have provided more information. Who sponsors the event? What awards are given? I posted earlier this week on my thoughts about initiating a sober ride home program in Oxford, so my position on drunk driving is known. But, I couldn't help but wonder if Mississippi law enforcement officers are honored for doing their job in other ways - awards for the most speeding tickets or the most accidents investigated? Law enforcement officers are expected to protect all of us and enforce all laws, and they do a fine job. It's just that special awards for DUI enforcement, for an intentional focus on one type of offender, make me cringe.Nearly 70 officers from more than 20 departments statewide will be honored at [sic] today for their efforts in DUI enforcement.
The event begins at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Hotel, 1000 E. County Line Road, in salons A & B.
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