Maricopa Police DUI detail nets results

The message was clear over the weekend. Police are hoping that drivers got the message.

A DUI operation was conducted in the city by the Maricopa Police Department Saturday evening. According to Deputy Chief Kirk Fitch, the operation ran on Saturday from the hours of 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

“There are more planned for November and over the holidays,” Fitch said. “Some will be in Maricopa and some will be near the city or adjacent cities. We have other agencies involved in the DUI Task Force and it is a requirement, per the grant, that the city participate in several Task Force operations throughout the year.”

Fitch added that the monies originate from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “It is a grant process that the city applied for approximately one year ago,” Fitch noted.

The Maricopa Police Department was the only agency working in this particular operation, and it consisted of a couple of officers working within the city limits, paid for by the DUI grant money.

The numbers from the DUI detail last Saturday in Maricopa show that there was one alcohol related injury, 10 seat belt citations, 27 speeding citations, one misdemeanor arrest, three other moving violations, and three non-moving violations.