News release from: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

Above (l-r): Sheriff Craig Roberts, Lt. Graham Phalen, Deputy Jason Ritter, Deputy Steve Steinberg, Deputy Bryan Morris, Deputy Jeremy Stinson,
and Undersheriff Dave Kirby, just after receiving the "County Agency of the Year" award from the Oregon DUII Multi-Disciplinary Task Force.

Sheriff's Office honored as 'County Agency of the Year' for 'Wolf Pack' drunk-driving enforcement efforts

Posted: April 20, 2009

Video from the award presentation (2nd item in playlist; optimized for Internet Explorer and Windows)

On Friday, April 17, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office was honored by the Oregon DUII Multi-Disciplinary Task Force as 2008's "County Agency of the Year."

Sheriff Craig Roberts and Undersheriff Dave Kirby accepted the award at the Task Force training conference -- held at the Jantzen Beach Red Lion Inn.

This is the first time the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has won the award.

CCSO received the honor for its work on the "Wolf Pack" DUII Saturation Patrols -- an enhanced enforcement effort targeting locations in the county with high reported numbers of DUII citations and crashes. The patrols began in June 2008 and concluded in August. In total, 11 agencies dedicated over 1,260 staff hours resulting in 282 traffic stops, 18 DUII arrests and 24 custodies.

The Wolf Pack patrols were featured in the February 2009 edition of American Police Beat magazine. A copy of the article can be read here.


At the conference, Sheriff Roberts thanked Lt. Graham Phalen, Lt. PJ Steigleder, Deputy Steve Steinberg and Deputy Jeremy Stinson, who spearheaded the project. Sheriff Roberts also thanked supporting agencies, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and the Oregon State Police.

"Together we can make a difference," said Roberts during his acceptance speech.

According to the awards criteria, the "Agency of the Year" honor is presented to "the Sheriff's department initiating or accomplishing an effective DUII project or program in their area of responsibility through enforcement, prevention or community involvement. The agency must have also provided encouragement to aggressively train and enforce DUII and drug-impaired driving laws and taken a pro-active approach to deter DUII."

Funding for the Wolf Pack patrols was provided by the Clackamas County Safe Communities program.

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EARLIER:

• Brilliant approach to drunken driving (American Police Beat, February 2009)
• Clackamas County Sheriff's Office conducts drunk-driving saturation patrols (Aug. 24, 2008)
• With saturation patrols, MADD and local law-enforcement send a message: Don't drive drunk! (Aug. 23, 2008)
• Clackamas County Sheriff's Office and MADD announce results of July 12 multi-agency drunk-driving patrols (July 13, 2008)
  
• Sheriff's Office provides DUII saturation patrol results (June 22, 2008)