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Three local counties boost rating to orange
INDIANAPOLIS â A week after seeing COVID-19 ratings worsen to their worst point ever, Indiana showed marked improvement last week, with many counties getting better ratings than the week before.
That included northeast Indiana, where Noble, DeKalb and LaGrange counties all improved from red to orange. Steuben County stayed in red, but just barely, as it showed improvement from a week ago, too, just not enough to change colors.
Overall, Indiana saw a widespread and rapid improvement from where it was a week earlier, although all but one county remained in orange and red, the two color codes representing the highest spread of COVID-19.
The Gary Police Department recently announced the results of the 2020 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over holiday enforcement mobilization, which began mid-December and lasted through the first of the year. During the 17-day enforcement period. Twenty-three seat belt citations were written and 14 arrests were made for driving while intoxicated.
One individual was taken into custody for Felony OWI and for being a Habitual Traffic Violator. Fifteen drivers were cited for driving in excess of 20 miles an hour over the speed limit even in inclement weather conditions with compromised road surface conditions.
More than 200 state and local law enforcement agencies participated in this year’s holiday enforcement campaign, which was funded by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.
In an effort to keep everyone safe while making their way across the city, the Evansville Police Department have announced they ll continue to have increased patrols of the higher crash intersections around town.
The Department announced the patrols in a press release Friday morning saying the extension (the campaign initially began in December) was being funded through Traffic Safety Enforcement grant by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Officers in those areas will primarily be looking for aggressive drivers (speeding, weaving between lanes, etc.), drivers and passengers not wearing their seatbelts, as well as drivers who appear to have made the poor decision to get behind the wheel after one too many drinks.
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