DUI Sweeps Planned In Miami-Dade Over Holiday Weekend

AVENTURA, FL — Miami-Dade police will be stopping cars over the long Memorial Day weekend in rolling DUI patrols. Patrols are planned on Saturday and Sunday from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. in northwest Miami-Dade.

Detective Robin Pinkard of the Miami-Dade Police Department told Patch that officers will focus on the area along US 1 between between NW 17 Avenue and Grand Avenue.

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The special enforcement will be conducted by the Miami-Dade Police Department's Motorcycle Unit under a Florida Department of Transportation grant initiative.

"As part of a Florida "Department of Transportation grant initiative, the Miami-Dade Police Department will be conducting high visibility enforcement of impaired drivers in Miami-Dade County," Pinkard explained.

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