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Navy, Virginia Beach police believe DUIs can be stopped before they happen
Posted on Dec 20, 2009
The Navy and the Virginia Beach Police have been working together to try and stop sailors from driving while intoxicated. The Navy offers several programs to educate sailors about the risks and consequences of driving drunk, and they hope that their message will stick long after sailors return home.
Intoxicated Navy sailors have been a challenge for Virginia Beach police. Given the large concentration of Navy personnel in the area, a fairly high proportion of DUI arrests are Navy men and women.
The programs appear to be having a positive effect. According to the Alcohol and Drug Control Officer for the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command, drunken driving arrests are down 6 percent for Tidewater based sailors and down 9 percent for local commands that have hosted DUI-prevention lectures.
One member of the Virginia Beach Police’s Traffic Safety Unit, a group that focuses on stopping drunk driving, believes the decreases can be attributed to a fundamental change in Navy culture. Some experts believe that culture change, rather than stiffer penalties, is the most effective way to reduce the number of drunk drivers on local roads.
The effort to cut down on the number of Navy sailors arrested for DUI is an ongoing battle, however, and despite improvements drunken sailors are still a problem across the Virginia Beach area.
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