We’ve long heard the cry that the idea behind getting drunk drivers off the road is the danger that they present to the community.  Never mind activities such as texting while driving have been proven to be far more dangerous than having a couple of glasses of wine with dinner,  groups such as MADD are relentless in attempting to enforce a prohibitionist state.  And how does MADD promote their agenda – money, of course.

Enfield, CT. Police Get Grant To Bolster Drunken-Driving Enforcement

ENFIELD — – The police department has received a $129,000 grant to increase drunken-driving enforcement, and expects to double its number of DUI arrests by the end of the year.

Sgt. Charles Grasso said the grant, administered by the state Department of Transportation, will put two more officers on the road Friday and Saturday nights until the end of next summer.

“Expects to double its number of DUI arrests”?  By adding 2 officers on Friday and Saturday nights?  How can they be so sure that so many people are drunk driving?  Or could it be that with money comes expectations & quotas – the kind of which encourage the Police to violate your Constitutional protections in the name of a DUI arrest.

Grasso said the department has tried to be proactive in increasing the number of DUI arrests, which helped get the grant money. The extra officers are valuable to crime enforcement he said, in part because their presence deters crimes.

“Proactive”?  What does that mean?  In other words, too bad if you are not doing anything wrong, Grasso’s merry band of DUI Coppers will find you and arrest you anyways.  But why, all of a sudden, is Grasso so interested in drunk driving enforcement?

Grasso has been appointed to serve on the state Mothers Against Drunk Driving commission, which he said will get the department and the town involved in state and legislative initiatives.

Oh, we get it now.  MADD offers a board position to Grasso, gets the Federal Government to throw your tax dollars at his department and Grasso promises to deliver the goods (DUI arrests).  Wow.