Posted by MLSfromPBR on 8/30/2007, 11:22 pm “This spreads us out. That way we can let more drivers see us on the roads. If we put all of our efforts on Interstate 64, then drivers in the other areas won’t see us,” Chapman added. The Huntington Police Department will also be taking steps to curb drunken driving this weekend, but patrol Capt. B.A. Legg-Brumfield said she is not aware of the department scheduling much overtime this weekend. Huntington police Patrolman Mike Hudson said the department will be conducting low-manpower checkpoints tonight into Saturday and Saturday into Sunday. They will be in operation between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. each night in the 1500 block of 7th Avenue and 1100 block of 8th Avenue. Barboursville police Chief Alan Meek said he has worked about 40 hours overtime into his department’s schedule. The officers will operate a checkpoint and saturate U.S. 60 and W.Va. Alt. 10. Barboursville officers will work the checkpoint tonight into Saturday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. on W.Va. Alt. 10. Meek said there is no dedicated effort planned for Interstate 64. Legg-Brumfield said she was not aware of any plans to devote Huntington police units to patrol Interstate 64.... http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070830/NEWS01/70830010/-1/NEWS13
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..Chapman said motorists will not see West Virginia State Police checkpoints or large numbers of troopers sitting at specific spots on Intestate 64 or at intersections in the area.
“We’ll just have designated areas that we’re going to work on each day,” he said. “The main ones will be Interstate 64, U.S. 60 and W.Va. 2.
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