{"id":105773,"date":"2016-08-15T14:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=105773"},"modified":"2016-08-17T08:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T13:55:58","slug":"dui-crackdown-has-new-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=105773","title":{"rendered":"DUI crackdown has new ally,  Miss ND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DUImsND.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-105837\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DUImsND-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"DUImsND\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DUImsND-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DUImsND-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DUImsND.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0As North Dakota law enforcement agencies announce the annual Labor Day crackdown to prevent impaired driving, they have a new ally: Miss North Dakota, Macy Christianson. After receiving her crown in June, Macy is focused on making a difference during her reign by urging North Dakotans to make the smart decision not to drink and drive. Macy has added the momentum of her platform to the North Dakota Department of Transportation\u2019s <strong><em>Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over <\/em><\/strong>campaign this month.<\/p>\n<p>Macy says \u201cAbout half of the motor vehicle deaths in our state have been alcohol-related\u2014those are lives that could be saved if the driver was sober.\u00a0 Drinking and driving is a decision that can overturn your life\u2014and the life of someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forty-eight law enforcement agencies across the state, including the North Dakota Highway Patrol, will deploy additional patrols for DUI enforcement August 17 through September 5. Along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP), participating law enforcement agencies include the Sheriffs\u2019 Departments in Dickey, Eddy, Foster, LaMoure, Logan and <strong>Stutsman<\/strong> counties, and Police Departments in Carrington,<strong> Jamestown<\/strong>, Oakes and <strong>Valley City<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Logan County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Deputy Mike Marolt says \u201cEnjoy your holiday, but remember that law enforcement is working to show zero tolerance for drunk driving\u00a0 The public can help get unsafe drivers off the road\u2014call 9-1-1 to report an impaired driver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Funding for high-intensity impaired driving enforcement is provided by the North Dakota Department of Transportation in order to prevent impaired driving crashes. Learn more about the efforts to reduce roadway deaths and serious injuries at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndcodefortheroad.org\">ndcodefortheroad.org<\/a> or join the conversation on the <em>Code for the Road<\/em> Facebook or Twitter page. Memorials to individuals killed by impaired drivers in North Dakota can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndcodefortheroad.org\/memorial\/\">ndcodefortheroad.org\/memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0As North Dakota law enforcement agencies announce the annual Labor Day crackdown to prevent impaired driving, they have a new ally: Miss North Dakota, Macy Christianson. After receiving her crown in June, Macy is focused on making a difference during her reign by urging North Dakotans to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105893,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105773\/revisions\/105893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}