The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) to increase impaired-driving enforcement from December 13, 2019 to January 1, 2020 for the holiday season. The THSO’s statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over nationwide mobilization.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is committed to keeping drivers safe on the roads in the county. During this campaign, law enforcement will be out in force performing saturation patrols to aggressively seek out those individuals who make the dangerous decision to drink and drive.

“Too many people think their actions don’t affect anybody else,” said Cumberland County Sheriff Casey Cox. “They know it is illegal. They know it is wrong. But they do it anyway – they make decisions as if those statistics just can’t happen to them.”

The consequences of a single DUI conviction for a first-time offender in Tennessee may include costly fines, court costs, legal fees, jail time, mandatory drug and alcohol treatment and/or the installation of an ignition interlock device.