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  Category: Department of Safety and Homeland Security


AT&T, DELAWARE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY TO KICK OFF IT CAN WAIT® CAMPAIGN IN FIRST STATE

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2013

AT&T and the Delaware Office of Highway Safety are teaming up to discourage texting while driving in the First State as part of the nationwide It Can Wait movement. Fans who attend the Saturday, September 7, 2013, “Route 1 Rivalry” game between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University will have a chance to “drive” a special simulator that demonstrates the deadly consequences of texting while driving. The simulator will be set up in the Fan Zone at Delaware Stadium beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.




DUI Checkpoints Continue

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2013

A total of eighty-eight (88) people were arrested statewide last week for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs. Of those 88 individuals, eleven (11) were arrested at Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI checkpoints over the Labor Day weekend. Statewide, there have been 2,823 DUI arrests made in Delaware this year.




National Emergency Preparedness Month Urges Delawareans to Think Ahead

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Governor Jack Markell and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined emergency management leaders from Delaware to urge Delawareans to make sure their homes, businesses and loved ones are prepared for an emergency, as a part of National Emergency Preparedness Month.




Delaware Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Agents Raid Wilmington Nightclub

Alcohol Tobacco Enforcement | Date Posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013

A 39-year-old Wilmington man, accused of illegally selling alcohol, was arrested following a raid at a Wilmington nightclub.




DUI Checkpoints Scheduled For Labor Day Weekend

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013

Dover  – The following DUI checkpoints are scheduled to take place tonight as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign: Friday August 30th – Newport-  NCCo. DUI Task Force – checkpoint Rehoboth Beach- DSP – checkpoint The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is a crackdown on impaired driving.  Delaware will be conducting DUI checkpoints every weekend from now […]







  Category: Department of Safety and Homeland Security

AT&T, DELAWARE OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY TO KICK OFF IT CAN WAIT® CAMPAIGN IN FIRST STATE

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2013

AT&T and the Delaware Office of Highway Safety are teaming up to discourage texting while driving in the First State as part of the nationwide It Can Wait movement. Fans who attend the Saturday, September 7, 2013, “Route 1 Rivalry” game between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University will have a chance to “drive” a special simulator that demonstrates the deadly consequences of texting while driving. The simulator will be set up in the Fan Zone at Delaware Stadium beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.




DUI Checkpoints Continue

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2013

A total of eighty-eight (88) people were arrested statewide last week for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs. Of those 88 individuals, eleven (11) were arrested at Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI checkpoints over the Labor Day weekend. Statewide, there have been 2,823 DUI arrests made in Delaware this year.




National Emergency Preparedness Month Urges Delawareans to Think Ahead

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Governor Jack Markell and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined emergency management leaders from Delaware to urge Delawareans to make sure their homes, businesses and loved ones are prepared for an emergency, as a part of National Emergency Preparedness Month.




Delaware Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Agents Raid Wilmington Nightclub

Alcohol Tobacco Enforcement | Date Posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013

A 39-year-old Wilmington man, accused of illegally selling alcohol, was arrested following a raid at a Wilmington nightclub.




DUI Checkpoints Scheduled For Labor Day Weekend

Department of Safety and Homeland Security | News | Office of Highway Safety | Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013

Dover  – The following DUI checkpoints are scheduled to take place tonight as part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign: Friday August 30th – Newport-  NCCo. DUI Task Force – checkpoint Rehoboth Beach- DSP – checkpoint The Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign is a crackdown on impaired driving.  Delaware will be conducting DUI checkpoints every weekend from now […]