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Goodbye, Crown Victoria. Hello, smaller but more powerful Police Interceptor

It's the iconic cop car: The Ford Crown Victoria. But after about two decades, Ford has stopped making the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor model, leaving police departments across the nation to switch to new Ford, Chevrolet or Dodge police cars. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has chosen the [...]

By | September 19th, 2012|2 Comments

Sonoma County’s top cop in DUI arrests

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 [...]

By | June 4th, 2012|8 Comments

Weekend BUI crackdown on local lakes

North Coast sheriff's deputies are stepping up enforcement against drunken boaters this weekend. Instead of a DUI, it's called a BUI (boating under the influence) and it can land you in just as much trouble. "We want people to have a great time on the water, but we want them [...]

By | June 24th, 2011|5 Comments

Tickets plunge in Cotati, Rohnert Park, jump in Windsor

The number of traffic tickets issued last year by police in Cotati and Rohnert Park dropped by more than half while the number in Windsor soared, according to Sonoma County traffic court records. A total of 80,395 tickets in 2010 were filed for processing with the court, up from 77,351 [...]

By | June 14th, 2011|4 Comments

Effort to regulate DUI checkpoints

A Santa Rosa assemblyman is pushing a bill that would set rules for how police run DUI/license checkpoints, particularly targeting the impoundment of vehicles and being more specific about where the checkpoints will be. But the bill is generating some waves in the state’s law enforcement community. Assemblyman Michael Allen, [...]

By | May 23rd, 2011|52 Comments