Tag: drunk driving

This semester’s first cosmic bowling event took place Oct. 12 as one of the events for Homecoming. There were some changes to the event this year, including a change to the drinking policy.

The La Verne Police Department joined forces recently with 20 other police agencies in Los Angeles County to set up an exposition designed to create awareness of the dangers of drunken driving.

Take a good look at the picture above. Do you know him? He is a drunk driver. There are many like him. Maybe you know one? It could be the person next to you, the teacher at the front of your class, or maybe even you.

A certain word, a thought remembered will stir within someday. People will recall the good times, the bad times and the worst of times. Many events in a person's lifetime occur without notice. Many events, however, are altered or changed by the decisions we make.

The police are sworn to uphold the law, to serve and protect and to set an example for society. However, too often hypocrites among them give all police officers a bad name, forget their responsibilities and still manage to get away with nothing more than a scolding. Police Capt. Kenneth Swank of the La Verne Police Department knows what it is like to be a hypocrite.

Last year, the Innocorp company in Verona, Wisc., created what is perhaps one of the most efficient drunk driving simulators in existence. The fatal vision goggles, as these simulators are recognized, convincingly give its user the feeling of being under the influence of alcohol.