8-15-19 dodge county sheriff says he’s “fed up” with drunken drivers

The Dodge County Sheriff says he is implementing a new owi policy this month because he is fed up with drunken driving and the toll it has taken on innocent lives.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced last week that  starting this month anyone arrested on suspiscion of drunken will be identified and have their photos posted on social media.  “I have been to far too many of these crashes where somebody has died and I walk up to the car and I’ve got a dead body, somebody is being flown out because they are seriously injured,”  Schmidt told WFDL news.  “Its because of another individual who is intoxicated by some drug or alcohol, got behind the wheel  and they crashed.  It isn’t fair to them.  It isn’t fair to the families.”   Schmidt says his office already releases the names of all alleged drunken drivers to local media.  He says the new policy on disclosure of drunken driving arrests is legal because records of such arrests are public record.  The initiative is part of the sheriff’s office’s crash reduction strategy that has focused on drunken driving, speeding, stop sign offenses, seat belt violations and other enforcement efforts.