| id | cleanReleaseDate | troopName | title |
| 2947 | 2008-01-15 | Troop D | Troop D Looking Towards a Safe & Great 2008 |
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: TFC Sal Messina Louisiana State Police Public Affairs – Troop D (337) 491-2932- Office (337) 219-2466- Pager January 15, 2008 - Troop D Looking Towards a Safe & Great 2008 (Lake Charles, LA) - The Troop D office of the Louisiana State Police had a busy year in 2007. Troop D troopers worked a total of 2,571 crashes with 820 injury crashes injuring 1,294 people. There were thirty-eight fatality crashes resulting in forty people dying in the Troop D area which is down from sixty fatalities last year. (Calcasieu-18, Jefferson Davis-11, Beauregard-6, Allen-5) Fifty-four percent of all fatality victims were not restrained and fifty-five percent were impaired. The average blood alcohol level of the drivers impaired was .188g%. Those numbers do not include fatalities worked by other sheriffs’ offices and city police departments. Troopers wrote 6,895 seatbelt citations, 253 child restraint citations, 8,669 speeding citations, 944 careless operation citations, and arrested 743 drivers for D.W.I. Troop D issued 734 insurance violation citations for either not carrying valid proof of insurance or for not having proof of insurance in their vehicle. Inattentive drivers are on the increase and it shows in the statistics. Citations increased for drivers following too closely (+7%), failure to wear a seat belt (+29%) and ignoring traffic controls (+16%) which is usually drivers not paying attention to traffic, traffic controls or the roadway. Troopers conducted or participated in nine sobriety checkpoints and conducted seventeen safety/insurance checkpoints throughout the year. Hopefully with increased enforcement plans we can help reduce these numbers in all parishes in 2008. Captain Russell Haman, Troop D Commander, advises motorists, “We’re going to step up enforcement in the rural areas as well as the interstate. We need to get our seatbelt compliance and child restraint use up like it should be and get more impaired drivers off of the roadway.” He says, “The main thing we need is the public to help us out by taking the privilege of driving as a responsibility every time they get behind the wheel.” “Alcohol or Drugs, Impairment is Impairment! Drive Impaired Get Arrested" FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT TFC SAL MESSINA AT (337) 491-2932 OR PAGER (337) 219-2466. VISIT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.LSP.ORG | |||
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