THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904 VOL. 116 ISSUE 17 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 WWW.KANSAN.COM t SAFETY t FINE ARTS Patrol checks drivers’ levels on the 1800 block of Kentucky Street be- Checkpoints tween 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. last Friday and Saturday, Ward said. aim to thwart Federal law requires the department to conduct a number of checkpoints because the city received $2.2 million in federal drunken driving funds for the traffic unit, Ward said. The department has completed more check- BY STEVE LYNN
[email protected] points than required, he said. The entire traffic unit, which consists Kansan staff writer of seven vehicles, six officers and one ser- geant, will conduct a saturation patrol in Max Hire wasn’t sober when he saw Lawrence tonight, Ward said. Last week, the checkpoint ahead on Kentucky the traffic unit patrolled from 5 to 10 p.m. Street. He made a U-turn on a one-way on Friday. street to avoid it. The saturation patrol made 26 stops A police officer immediately pulled and gave out 10 speeding tickets, nine him over on 19th Street at 12:30 a.m. on moving violations and one seat belt vio- Sept. 3. lation, Ward said. The checkpoint yield- Hire, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, was ed four DWIs, one drug possession and one of four people charged with driving six minors-in-possession. while intoxicated last Friday and Satur- “It’s quite labor-intensive,” Ward said day night at a checkpoint on the 1800 of the checkpoint. “We have charge ve- block of Kentucky Street.