FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
June15, 2010 Hudson Police Department
62 Packard Street, Hudson Ma.
978-562-7122
Hudson Police Department Receives Underage Alcohol Enforcement Award
Hudson, MA - The Hudson Police Department was awarded $5000 in federal grant funding as part of the 2010 Underage Alcohol Enforcement Grant Program from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS). This program provides overtime funds for enforcement of underage alcohol laws through activities such as compliance checks, reverse stings, party patrols, surveillance patrols, and cops in shops. The EOPSS awarded 30 of these grants totaling over $225,000.
"We are pleased to receive these funds to enhance our underage alcohol enforcement activities in Hudson, " said Sgt. Thomas Crippen of Hudson Police “Any loss on our roadways is one too many and this program will help to reduce the instances of impaired driving by our community’s underage population.”
Research reveals that, according to the National Highway Safety Transportation Association (NHTSA), in 2008, nationwide, 31% of 15-20 year-olds who were killed in crashes had a blood alcohol content of .01 or higher. Drivers are also less likely to use restraints when they have been drinking. In 2008, 63 percent of the young drivers of passenger vehicles involved in fatal crashes who had been drinking were unrestrained. Of the young drivers who had been drinking and were killed in crashes, 73% were unrestrained.
For more information on impaired driving go to www.mass.gov/highwaysafety.
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