BREMEN DISTRICT - This past weekend, the Indiana State Police Bremen Post All Crimes Policing Team (ACP) conducted two saturation patrols across the Bremen District.
The focus of these proactive patrols is to remove drunk drivers from our roadways and criminal interdiction through traffic stops, according to a news release from ISP.
On Friday night, Jan. 24, the ACP team focused on the North Webster area in Kosciusko County. This saturation patrol was made up of nine troopers supervised by a squad sergeant.
On this night, two arrests were made for operating while intoxicated. The group also arrested seven individuals for 16 criminal charges. This proactive patrol resulted in one pursuit where three people then fled on foot. All were found and arrested. One man was found after ISP K9 Daisy tracked him over two miles from where he fled. The other male was located over a mile away by a Winona Lake K9. The troopers wrote five tickets and 37 warnings during this night of patrol.
On Saturday night, Jan. 25, this group of troopers focused their attention on the city of Elkhart in Elkhart County. One arrest was made for operating while intoxicated. Five individuals were arrested for 17 criminal charges. One pursuit was initiated where a woman with a gun jumped from the vehicle and fled. She threw the gun but ISP K9 Daisy conducted an article search and located the gun. The driver continued after the female passenger jumped from the vehicle, later crashing into a parked vehicle in a neighborhood. He fled on foot and was caught. The troopers wrote nine tickets, 29 warnings and wrote two crash reports during this night of patrol.
The Indiana State Police will continue to have focused patrols throughout the communities they work in, the release states. The goal of these proactive patrols is to use enforcement, investigative and crime prevention efforts to make communities safer for everyone.