NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 10, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
TWO OKALOOSA DEPUTIES AMONG MADD HONOREES
Deputy J.D. Burnham (left) and Deputy Harold Mason
(right)
Two deputies from the
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit were honored this week
in Tallahassee by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Deputy J.D.
Burnham, who patrols primarily in the Okaloosa Island/Destin area, and Deputy
Harold Mason, who patrols primarily in the north end of Okaloosa County were
recognized for issuing more than 100 DUI citations each.
This was Deputy
Burnham’s third year in a row to be recognized by MADD.
Both he and
Deputy Mason were among nearly 300 law enforcement officers, volunteers, and
prosecutors from across the state invited to the event so MADD could acknowledge
their ongoing efforts to stop drunk driving.
Amy
Jamieson of the Okaloosa/Walton Chapter of MADD was also in attendance.
MADD says
there were more than 16-thousand alcohol-related injuries in Florida in 2006
alone. Another 1,009 people lost their lives that year.
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