Gov. Mary Fallin is helping launch an initiative to reduce the number of people who drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs in Oklahoma.
Dozens of law enforcement officers packed into the state Capitol Blue Room Thursday for a ceremony to announce the plan to end impaired driving in the state.
The campaign will include a series of public-service announcements and the use of highly visible, mobile vans that can be deployed to help police more rapidly process people they suspect of impaired driving.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief Col. Rick Adams says the four vans will be deployed at events such as concerts, festivals and sporting events where there's likely an increase in the number of people who are driving while impaired.
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