Lo and behold a successful one.
Officers arrested 17 drivers accused of operating a motor vehicle impaired - one of the higher arrest tallies for such an effort in recent months.
Four of the arrests were made at a previously announced drunken driving checkpoint on U.S. 127 from 11 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday; 13 of the arrests came from extra patrols in areas near the checkpoint, police said.
In addition, police ticketed six motorists for allegedly driving under suspension, five for speeding, 13 for other moving violations and four for failure to wear seat belts. The Butler County OVI Task Force and Fairfield police coordinated the enforcement effort.
Wow 17 DUI's, now that's a success!
But think for a minute on this. A Friday night between 11:00 and 3:00. I would venture that finding a drunk driver would be like shooting fish in a barrel yet we had all this man power (if someone knows how many man these posts, let me know).
I would think that each and every man on duty should have been able to arrest at least one DUI that night on general patrol. In addition, your true drunk isn't going through the checkpoint, he's driving all kinds of routes to avoid them.
These are a complete waste of government resource until someone can convince me otherwise.
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