THE 710-SHOW WILL BE CONTINUING A 3-WEEK SERIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE ROADWAYS DURING THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY
ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, WHICH KICKS OFF SOME OF THE HEAVIEST DRINKING HOLIDAY’S THROUGH SPRING AND SUMMER SO, WE THOUGHT WE’D TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS
OTHER THAN FEELING LIKE CRAP AND WISHING YOU HADN'T SENT THAT LAST TEXT, THERE ARE SOME VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES TO DRINKING, SMOKING, OR TAKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THEN GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR.
LAST WEEK WE SPOKE WITH OFFICER SHANE LARSON OF THE FOUNTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE TALKED ABOUT LAWS MEANT TO KEEP YOU, AS WELL AS THE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, SAFE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP OR OTHER REASONS
THIS WEEKS GUEST WILL BE JEFF GROFF
JEFF IS THE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM MANAGER AND EVIDENTIAL BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
HE OVERSEES DIAGNOSTIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY LABORATORIES WITHIN COLORADO, AND SOME OUT OF STATE, AS WELL AS THE EBAT PROGRAM WHICH IS HOW THE STATE’S BREATH TESTING PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED AND ENFORCED AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE KEEPS VERY BUSY
JEFF WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE BLOOD ALCOHOL TESTING THAT OFFICERS PERFORM WHEN POSSIBLY DEALING WITH AN IMPAIRED DRIVER…AND EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN DEGREE OF PUNISHMENTS
WE’LL TALK BOUT NOT ONLY DRINKING AND DRIVING BUT THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS WELL AS MARIJUANA USE AND HOW THAT’S CHANGED THE WAY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS THE LAB PROGRAMS, HAVE HAD TO PROGRESS WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THEIR OWN INSTINCTS BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCES
THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WILL HAVE MASTER TROOPER DAVID CONWAY OF THE COLORADO STATE PATROL IN TO TALK WITH US ABOUT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL BE DOING DURING THE DUI ENFORCEMENT PERIOD
MASTER TROOPER CONWAY HAS BEEN WITH THE COLORADO STATE PATROL FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS SPENDING 18 OF THOSE RIGHT HERE IN EL PASO COUNTY
HE IS ALSO A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, INTOXILYZER INSTRUCTOR, AND MASTER INSTRUCTOR FOR TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM HIM TO TALK ABOUT THE BASIC RULES OF THE ROAD AND THE THINGS HE’S SEEN OVER THE MANY YEARS HE’S WORKED IN THIS TOWN
THE 710-SHOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GROFF’S AUTOMOTIVE WITH YOUR HOSTS, BRIAN GROFF AND WENDY LABREE, AND HEARD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT 7:10AM ON 107.3 AND 1530 MOUNTAIN COUNTRY