KCDP plans DWI checkpoint for next weekend

Kansas City, MO

The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the weekend of 04-02-10 to 04-04-10 at a location in Kansas City, Missouri that is known for occurrence of DUI related crashes or DUI arrests. This checkpoint will be preceded with a briefing at the Agnes Police Facility, 1328 Agnes at 2300 hours.

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The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on September 11, 2009 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 4040 Main street. Southbound traffic was checked with total of 715 vehicles stopped. A total number of 11 DUI arrests were made, along with 1 Driving While Revoked, 1 Other Traffic Violation, 1 Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 2 Hindering and Interfering an Officer city violations, 1 Possession of Cocaine, and 1 Clay County Warrant for Failure to Appear.

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Kansas City police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this weekend at a location in the city known for DUI-related crashes and arrests.

The checkpoint will begin after 10 p.m. today, Saturday or Sunday. The exact day and location are not disclosed in advance.

Kansas City is among area police departments participating in the “You Drink & Drive. You Lose.” campaign, which kicks off today throughout Missouri.

Lee’s Summit police also have announced they will increase drunk-driving enforcement as part of the campaign, which extends through Sept. 7.

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Kansas City police arrested 12 motorists for driving while intoxicated during a sobriety checkpoint that ended early Saturday morning.

The checkpoint, set up at Southwest Trafficway and West 39th Terrace, also netted two citations for driving while suspended and two arrests on city warrants, Sgt. Ron Podraza said in a written statement.

Police stopped more than 700 vehicles during the five-hour operation.

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The Kansas City Missouri Police Department assisted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on July 24, 2009 from 2200 hours to 0400 hours at 3719 Independence Avenue. East and Westbound traffic was checked with total of 527 vehicles stopped.

A total number of 18 DUI arrests were made, along with 2 Possession of Marijuana charges, 2 Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, 9 Driving While Revoked, 1 Hazardous Moving Violation, 3 Other traffic violations, 2 Seatbelt violations, 1 State Warrant, and 25 City Warrants

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Police attempted to pull over a suspected drunken driver early Thursday morning, but had to chase a man a short time before eventually taking him into custody.

Officers attempted to pull the driver over at 51st Street and Benton Avenue, but the driver eluded police. Police put down stop sticks, which stopped the vehicle. The driver attempted to flee the scene on foot, but police said they took the man into custody at 50th Street and Bellefontaine.

Police said the car the suspect was driving was stolen.

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July is one of the deadliest driving months of the year, and 80 percent of the fatal crashes involve drunken drivers.

Police are planning to step up enforcement and are considering setting up DUI checkpoints this holiday weekend.

“We have never had a checkpoint where we arrested zero people,” Kansas City police Capt. Rich Lockhart told KMBC’s Jim Flink.

Lockhart said the checkpoints serve as a deterrent and they save lives.

“When you’re driving through that checkpoint, you’re asking yourself, ‘Did I have too much to drink? Would I do this again?’” Lockhart said.

One officer said he has worked four fatal crashes during a previous Fourth of July.

The locations of the DUI checkpoints haven’t been announced.

Police said they’ll also have groups of officers out looking for erratic drivers.

Every year in Missouri, there are nearly 8,000 alcohol-related crashes. Over the last five years, an average of at least 250 people have died each year in those crashes.

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Kansas City police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint this weekend at an undisclosed location known for drunken-driving-related crashes and arrests.

Police didn’t release which day the checkpoint will be held or a general location. During the operation of the checkpoint, police said they will place signs on the street alerting motorists of the checkpoint. Motorists will be directed to an area where officers will check to determine whether a driver should be detained longer.

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Platte County authorities have charged a Kansas City police sergeant with driving while intoxicated.

Sgt. Jay P. Pruetting, 46, who has worked for more than 20 years with the department, faces one DWI charge and one count of failing to drive on the right side of the road.

Pruetting remains on the job while the criminal matter is pending. Capt. Rich Lockhart, police spokesman, declined to comment.

According to court records, on Feb. 7, Pruetting was northbound on Interstate 29 near Northwest 64th Street when he was pulled over by a Platte County sheriff’s deputy who noticed Pruetting’s vehicle swerve.

The deputy said Pruetting staggered after he got out of his vehicle. Pruetting failed a sobriety test and later refused to take a breath test, court records stated.

The charges were filed Thursday.

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The Kansas City Police Department on Thursday said it cleared more than 200 warrants by arrest in a four-day sweep of wanted DUI offenders across the Metro area.

Authorities said the effort was targeted to proactively combat a 71 percent increase in traffic fatalities so far this year.

Police officials said thus far this year, Kansas City has had 24 fatal wrecks compared to 14 at this point in 2008.

Police are awaiting toxicology reports to determine how many of this year’s fatal wrecks involve drugs or alcohol. In 2008, 49 percent of Kansas City’s fatal wrecks involved drugs or alcohol, police said.

Sgt. Daniel Graves, supervisor of KCPD’s Traffic Investigation Section, said the four-day sweep already has exceeded its goal, which was to clear 100 state warrants with arrests.

Although the sweep officially ends at 5 p.m. Friday, some officers said they won’t halt the operation.

Reported results as of noon Friday are:

Warrants cleared
# 104 state warrants cleared by arrest
# 108 city warrants cleared by arrest

New arrests/violations during the course of the sweep
# 5 new drug arrests
# 10 other traffic violations
# 1 arrest and recovery of a stolen car
# 2 new driving while suspended arrests
# 11 hazardous ticket violations
# 1 minor in possession of alcohol arrest

Checks
# 419 residence checks were conducted
# 21 car checks were conducted
# 15 pedestrian checks were conducted

Additionally, police said they discovered that a large number of suspects with outstanding warrants were deceased. These suspects comprised:
# 53 outstanding state warrants, 27 of which were DUI warrants
# 39 outstanding city warrants, 10 of which were DUI warrants

Authorities said at least 50 of the subjects sought on outstanding DUI warrants are known to be out of the state, and another 20 are known to be incarcerated on other charges.