DUI Patrols Planned

Salina Police will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday week looking for impaired drivers.

Lt. Russ Lamer tells KSAL News that extra officers will be working around the city from Tuesday evening through Sunday morning.

Funding from the Special Traffic Enforcement Program will place three extra officers on patrol city wide on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11:30pm until 2:30am.

A special Impaired Driver Deterrence Program will be rolled out from 11:30pm Wednesday until 2:30am Thursday morning with four extra officers and a supervisor patrolling around Salina for drivers who appear to be impaired.