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41 South Main Street Phone: 781-963-1212
Randolph Ma 02368
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Our Thoughts On Impaired Driving
The Randolph Police Department is committed to promoting traffic safety, by reducing incidents of impaired driving. We firmly believe this goal can be met through a combination of education and proactive enforcement. Impaired driving, also known as OUI, or operating under the influence is a very real danger on our roadways. National studies have repeatedly shown that between 10 and 14% of drivers on the road between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday are driving under the influence. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the average alcohol-impaired operator commits the violation 80 times a year. Every half hour someone in America dies in an alcohol-related crash, and approximately 2 out of 5 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. Many of our officers are trained in using roadside sobriety tests to detect impairment in drivers. Driving is a complex task made up of many simpler tasks, such as accelerating, steering, and signaling, and requires the ability to do several things at once. Alcohol inhibits the ability to divide attention, and roadside tests are used to assess divided attention. The Randolph Police Department is involved with the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program. Through this program highly trained officers known as Drug Recognition Experts are able to detect impairment in drivers from drugs or alcohol. The Randolph Police Department is also involved with the “You Drink & Drive, You Lose!” program. Through this, supplemental traffic enforcement patrols are added which focus on OUI and other violations. The Police department sincerely believes that we can make our streets safer through the detection and apprehension of impaired drivers.
Sergeant Kamal N. Jackson Drug Recognition Expert / OUI Enforcement Officer
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Fax: 781-961-0968
