Another installment in my travels along the Citizen's Police Academy - this week, we learned about communications and covered the DUI Task Force.
Amazingly, communications is WAY more complex than we could ever imagine. There are two different phase cell phones, for example, that produce different results when you dial 911. The "phases" differ based on carriers (and I suspect, your phone); so in Jacksonville Beach, with Phase 1 phone, you may well be routed to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office first, then re-routed to Jax Beach, while a Phase 2 phone will route your call to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department.
DUI, or driving under the influence is a major threat to ANYONE driving. We watched videos of drivers pulled over for DUI, one who actually fell asleep at the wheel and was found asleep, with his truck still running in drive (a speed limit sign, ironically, was what kept it from more forward momentum), and several failed attempts at the Field Sobriety Test.
Our police department has goggles (we dubbed them Beer Goggles, of course) that allow the wearer to "see" and "feel" the results of several levels of inebriated without consumption. Suffice to say, when I tried the .02 ones on, I felt seasick and as though the entire room was out of focus.
More to come next week!
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