Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Chief Stidham Announces Operation Holiday Cheer


Chief Joe Stidham announces "Operation Holiday Cheer"

During the holidays Chief Stidham has authorized the police department to increase its patrol services within the Village. The department will increase its grant overtime allocation for DUI intervention and Chief Stidham and his supervisors will personnaly work extra shifts and conduct regular patrols during peak hours. The departments supervisors will conduct tact plan with officers in briefings for the saturation patrols and checkpoints. The department also has several ODWI checkpoints planned during this holiday season.

Chief Stidham has advised that "while patrols, saturation's, and checkpoints will be increased over the holiday season, they will be citizen friendly operations. These operations will focus on ensuring that the community remains safe during the season, and that drunk drivers will not be tolerated and removed from our streets."

The Bosque Farms Police Department has been a leader in the state when it comes to ODWI statistics. For the upcoming federal fiscal year the department is contracted to conduct 19 checkpoints and 54 saturation patrols. You will see this increased activity beginning now during the holiday season.

Chief Stidham and the entire BFPD staff would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season. Enjoy your holiday, and rest assured that we will be out working hard for you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great job Chief!

Anonymous said...

I live in the village and come home late, I have been through many checkpoints. Keep it up