http://fox8.com/2015/10/21/video-police-stop-suspected-drunk-driver-before-she-can-hurt-herself-or-someone-else/

 

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio--  With dash and body cameras rolling, police stop a suspected drunk driver just before she could have hurt herself or someone else.

Police received a call that a woman was seen slumped inside her vehicle, near a  busy intersection,  which happened to be located right outside the Newburgh Heights Police Department last Thursday.

Officers pounded on the woman’s window, and yelled at her several times in an attempt to get her attention.

When she finally woke up, she put her foot on the gas and tried to drive away.  However, a patrol car was in front of her, blocking her exit, which caused her to burn rubber and fill the street with smoke.

The woman told police she had five Long Island Ice Teas before getting inside her car.

Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy said he decided to talk about the incident, not to embarrass the woman, but to make sure people realize just how dangerous it is to drink and drive.

“Unfortunately for her she was charged with an OVI; however, that is better than the alternative of having to serve her family with a death notification because she drank too much and got behind the wheel of a car,” Majoy said.

The woman, a college student,  told police she had been drinking because she was under stress due to mid-terms.

Kind of falls under the 'How Stupid Are Some People' thread, but yeah. It's dumb, but more importantly its dangerous and irresponsible. Drunk drivers don't always crash into a random tree out in the middle of nowhere and kill themselves. Their crashes often involve others and they might end up walking away from an accident that kills somebody who was minding their own business.

I don't know why she thinks "mid terms" would be a good excuse to get drunk. It's not even time for mid terms, school just started two months ago.

In my country they finally criminalized a repeated DUI, and I can't say how glad I am. As there aren't enough lethal accidents, people drink and drive, basically volunteering for a murder. I have no pity for those who died behind the wheel being drunk, but for the victims. Hope this lady will receive a long term suspension, this also will reduce her stress and allow to drink her to death safely. 

Newburgh Hts is no stranger to drunk driving incidents, this happened last year:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/12/newburgh_heights_police_office_1.html

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A 41-year-old Newburgh Heights police officer remains hospitalized Friday night after a collision with a drunken driver that closed a section of Interstate 77 for hours, according to the chief of police.

Officer Shawn Finch was on patrol about 6:20 p.m. and pulled his squad car onto the highway to pursue a speeding car. 

He was struck by a truck between Harvard and Fleet avenues. The squad car spun out on the freeway and the pickup flipped.

Newburgh Heights Police Chief John Majoy held a press conference Friday night at MetroHealth Medical Center where Finch was taken after the crash. Finch is expected to make a full recovery, he said.

The identity and condition of the truck's driver were not released. The crash remains under investigation.

Finch joined the department in the spring of 2014 and is an Iraq war veteran. 

The identity and condition of the suspected drunk driver is unknown.

The collision snarled traffic along Interstate 77 for miles. Parts of the road remain closed, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

And after the state passed a law regarding speed cameras and how they now require an officer to be present at the speed camera:

http://fox8.com/2015/10/14/i-team-newburgh-heights-using-new-technology-to-catch-speeding-drivers/

(video in link)

NEWBURGH HEIGHTS - A warning for speeding drivers. The Fox 8 I-Team has found a new way police are catching speeders on I-77 without pulling them over.

Newburgh Heights Police are now using hand-held speed cameras. Officers use new technology to clock speeds and take snapshots of license plates. Later, drivers get tickets in the mail for fines ranging from $150 to $300.

The tickets are civil, the same as those that have been generated by speed cameras on poles in this town and so many others. Of course, the speed and red-light cameras have either been outlawed by voters or restricted by state lawmakers.

The Newburgh Heights Police Chief says enforcing speed this way on a busy highway is much safer for officers. Last year, a Newburgh Heights officer watching for speeders got hit by a drunk driver on I-77.

Chief John Majoy said, “Our end goal is to slow down. And there’s a sure-fire way to not get a ticket from this thing—don’t speed.”

Ron Leaman got a ticket in the mail, and he’s fighting it. “To me, it’s an ambush,” he said.

He also told the I-Team, “It is a precedent-setting thing. If they’re allowed to do it, every city in the state will start doing it.”

The Chief says Newburgh Heights. leaders passed a special ordinance making the hand-held unit legal.

If you get a hand-held speed-camera ticket, again it’s civil, so you won’t get points on your license.

But the chief points out, sometimes officers also will be on I-77 stopping speeders issuing criminal citations.

Could of sworn this was on an episode of COPS, wasn't it? It was from another perspective, though.

1 hour ago, YourWorstNightmare said:

Could of sworn this was on an episode of COPS, wasn't it? It was from another perspective, though.

No, different state, different department, different woman. The woman on the COPS segment had no cruiser blocking her upon initial contact. They had to chase her for a bit. Once they got her out of the car she denied being drunk and screamed that she was a nurse, etc.

On 11/24/2015, 2:36:42, unr3al said:

No, different state, different department, different woman. The woman on the COPS segment had no cruiser blocking her upon initial contact. They had to chase her for a bit. Once they got her out of the car she denied being drunk and screamed that she was a nurse, etc.

Ah, thank you. Sorry for any trouble, I did see that COPS episode a long, long time ago.

42 minutes ago, YourWorstNightmare said:

Ah, thank you. Sorry for any trouble, I did see that COPS episode a long, long time ago.

We might be thinking of different episodes, then. The one I references is from season 28 (this season). Hard to believe the show is that old, isn't it? I think it's tied with The Simpsons for the oldest show currently aired on TV.

2 hours ago, unr3al said:

We might be thinking of different episodes, then. The one I references is from season 28 (this season). Hard to believe the show is that old, isn't it? I think it's tied with The Simpsons for the oldest show currently aired on TV.

Yes, you are talking about season 28, and I believe the one I am talking about is from season 21-23. It is almost the same as this situation, except there was no car blocking the front of the drunk driver.