Police in Morris Township, Morristown honored for drunk-driving enforcement

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Police from Morris Township and Morristown were honored on Thursday by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for their efforts to rid the roads of drunk drivers.

At a ceremony at Middlesex County College, MADD saluted Morris Township Police Officers Christopher Tongring, Brian Markt, and Steven Crump, and  Morristown Police Officers Joseph Heuneman and Adam Khoudja.

The two departments work closely on DWI enforcement.

KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE: Mothers Against Drunk Driving honored (from left) Morristown Police Officers Adam Khoudja and Joseph Heuneman and Morris Township Officers Christopher Tongring and Steven Crump. Not pictured: Officer Brian Markt of the Township. Photo courtesy of the Morris Township Police Department.
KEEPING OUR STREETS SAFE: Mothers Against Drunk Driving honored (from left) Morristown Police Officers Adam Khoudja and Joseph Heuneman and Morris Township Officers Christopher Tongring and Steven Crump. Not pictured: Officer Brian Markt of the Township. Photo courtesy of the Morris Township Police Department.

Capt. Rich Ferrone of Morris Township cited some sobering statistics: Nearly 10,000 fatalities–one every 53 seconds–were caused by drunk drivers in 2011.

But  progress is being made; vigorous enforcement has cut drunk driving deaths in half since 1980, he said.

“Motorists are reminded that a person is guilty of drunk driving if they operate a vehicle with blood-alcohol-content of .08 percent or greater,” Captain Ferrone said. “If you don’t drive sober you should expect to get pulled over.”

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