DLocal officer completes DUI training course
    Officer John Clark of the Statesboro Police Department recently completed a DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing course taught by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth.
    This training program includes the observation techniques involved in recognizing when a driver may be operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants. Patterns of driver behavior and the more common driving errors committed by drivers under the influence of intoxicants are identified. Students are taught the safe methods of stopping and approaching a suspect driver and the observations to make in order to determine if a driver is under the influence. Emphasis is placed on the proper manner in which to administer field sobriety tests. Practical exercises are conducted during the day and night, and are used to emphasize the importance of a proper response to this problem. The field sobriety tests taught meet the standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Members of local DAR chapter attend national convention
    The nation’s capital welcomed more than 3,500 members of one of its foremost service organizations this week with the arrival of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for their 123rd annual Continental Congress. Attending Congress were Chapter Regent Martha Middlebrooks Wells of Thomaston, Georgia, and delegate Bonnie Dekle Howard of Register, Georgia, members of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter in Statesboro. Highlights of the week-long event will include welcoming respected keynote speakers and award winners during the gala evening ceremonies. The keynote speaker for the Opening Night Ceremony was author and historian Alexander Rose, who discussed his book, Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring, and the ordinary people who did extraordinary things to help secure American independence.             While at Congress, the ladies of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter attended the Opening Night Ceremony, National Defense Night, numerous business meetings, committee forums and social events.