PINELLAS COUNTY, FL. – Pinellas County Deputies and local police agencies conducted an overnight DUI Wolfpack and released the results of the operation Sunday morning.
The participating agencies included Florida Highway Patrol, Gulfport Police Department, Kenneth City Police Department, Largo Police Department, Pinellas Park Police Department, St. Petersburg Police Department, Clearwater Police Department, and the Tarpon Springs Police Department.
The operation began at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and concluded at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday.
The results of the operation were:
- Driving While License Suspended Or Revoked – 20
- No Insurance – 3
- Speeding Tickets – 85
- Violation of D/L Restrictions – 2
- Non-Moving Violations – 32
- Moving Violations – 32
- DUI Citations – 24
- Total Citations – 198
This DUI Wolf Pack is dedicated to the memory of John Sorensen. John was killed by an impaired driver on January 31, 2016. The impaired driver was driving the wrong way on County Road 1 and struck John head-on. The driver was sentenced to 13 years in prison for DUI Manslaughter.
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24 DUI arrests is a fairly high number. Hopefully this police report in the news will remind at least a few drivers not not take the risk driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Besides the obvious safety risk to other people on the road, the cost of DUI in Florida is high under new state laws today if convicted of a DUI offense.