If you’re drinking and driving, Dan Hackett is looking for you. If he finds you, you’re going to jail. The 34-year-old Santa Rosa police officer was No. 1 last year among Sonoma County officers in the number of DUI arrests with 112. Hackett and 41 other officers from the county were honored in March by Mothers Against Drunk Driving and state Office of Traffic Safety for their efforts in DUI enforcement in 2011. No. 2 in DUI arrests in the… Read More »
Sonoma County’s anti-DUI campaign will continue after the state awarded a $300,000 grant for the Avoid the 13 task force. The task force, which includes all police agencies in the county and is coordinated by Petaluma police, had a three-year grant of $659,000 that ended Sept. 30. The money pays for various anti-DUI operations, such as checkpoints and saturation patrols, and covers the overtime of officers participating in the operations. Petaluma Sgt. Ken Savano, who is in his fourth year… Read More »
CHP Officer Michael Ball is a DUI magnet. Last year, he arrested 69 DUI suspects — the most of any police officer in Sonoma County. Santa Rosa Police Officer Hiroshi Yaguchi was No. 2 with 68. Ball, Yaguchi and 34 other Sonoma County police officers were honored last month by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for leading the county in DUI arrests, with a total of 1,411. Ball, who’s been with the CHP for about three and a half years with… Read More »
