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oR 15 PpTT 232 <br />P R O C L A M A T I O N <br />WHEREAS, The incidence of alcohol and other drug <br />impairment annually jeopardizes the lives and safety of the <br />traveling public; and <br />WHEREAS, The U. S. Supreme Court ruled on June 14, <br />1990, in support of the use of sobriety checkpoints as a measure <br />to detect and deter incidents of impaired driving, thereby <br />answering the issue of their constitutionality; and <br />WHEREAS, Sobriety checkpoints can serve to reduce <br />the likelihood that drinking drivers will operate their vehicles, <br />and thereby lessen the hazards to innocent travelers and <br />bystanders; and <br />WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of the County of <br />Lee considers of utmost seriousness its duty to protect our <br />citizens from hazards such as impaired drivers; <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of <br />Commissioners of the County of Lee hereby proclaims the week of <br />June 28, 1993, through July 5, 1993, to be LEE COUNTY SOBRIETY <br />CHECKPOINT WEEK, and hereby proclaims support for the use of <br />sobriety checkpoints as a valuable weapon in the war against <br />impaired driving-related death and injury. <br />This the 21 day of June, 1993. <br />COUNTY OF LEE <br />BY:_ <br />CHAIRMAN, BOARD CO S IONERS <br />ATTEST: <br />011 <br />