Don't Drink & Drive!!!!

Brainerd, Minn. The Minnesota 2009 Labor Day DWI Mobilization will feature enhanced patrols August 21 through the Labor Day holiday with a further focus on the weekends. Law enforcement officers from over 400 agencies will be cracking down on impaired drivers as part of this statewide enforcement effort with a goal aimed toward getting impaired drivers off the road and encouraging motorists to make safe driving decisions. In 2008, 163 motorists were killed in alcohol-related crashes, which is a record-low for alcohol related deaths. Working this project from the lakes area will be troopers from the State Patrol, deputies from the Crow Wing County Sheriffs department and officers from the police departments of Brainerd, Baxter, Breezy Point, Cuyuna, Crosby, Crosslake, Deerwood, Emily, Nisswa and Pequot Lakes.