Officer Troy Monroe with Karon Sounder* addresses Ike problem of drinking and driving. Police Chief George
Swomt (right) looks on.
City Police
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for Catching Drunk Drivers
By DAVID L. DILLARD
Chronicle Staff Writer
Patrol Ofificer Troy Monroe
said getting drunk drivers off the
road is just as important as
catching ^ murderer. In fact, he
says, police officers are actually .
preventing a possible death each 1
time they stop a drunk driver.
"Many times, the people are
so drunk they can't even stand up
straight when we talk to them,"
he said. "It's so important to
catch therrv because you are sav
ing the driver's life or some inno
cent person's life."
Moproe has been with the
Winston-Salem Police Depart
? ment for- eight years- and- he
patrols the Southwest part of
town. He was one of five officers
honored by the North Carolini- <
ans Against Intoxicated Drivers
(NC-AID) last Thursday at Polo
Park Recreation Center for help
ing to keep drunk drivers off the
streets.
Robbie Neal, president of
? er .1 ; '
Mm- *0U ? utirm (Hun * ,
NC-AID, said the group began
honoring the officers about five
years ago to show their apprecia
tion and to encourage them to
catch even more.:
Neal formed the group 1 2
years ago after her son, Chip,
was hit by a drunk driver. He is
now confined to a wheelchair
and his speech is slurred, but he
graduated from St. Andrew Col
lege in Laurinburg last Decem
ber and currently does produc
tion work and puts out the
newsletter for WTOB radio.
The five officers who mad$
the most arrests were Christo
pher Woodall, Steven Snyder,
Richard Necessary, Darren Con
ra<f ancT Monroe. Together* they
arrested 314 drunk drivers in
1993.
Police Chief George Sweat
said there were 995 total arrests
for drunk driving in 1993. Over
the last five years, the number of
arrests have dropped from 1,554
in 1988 to 995 for 1993. Sweat
attributes the decline in the num
ber of arrests to stricter enforce
ment, education programs and
more people having a designated
(Jnver or -calling a taxi. "
"We're seeing .^a decline
because stricter enforcement is
making an impact. These guys
are really the cream of the crop
when it comes to getting drunk
drivers off the streets," he said.
Sweat said a cap is like a
"four-thousand-pound bullet"
when under the^ontrol of an
intoxicated driver. He held the
officers in high regard and said
everytime they catch a drunk dri
ver, they have potentially saved
an innocent person's life.
"It's just like taking a mur
derer off the streets," he said.
"The only difference is that
many times the victim is an
innocent person and they have a
slim chance of getting away. I'm
really proud of all the officers
and the work they have done."
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Alumni to Host X-mas Celebration
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The Slaten Chapter of the
Winston-Salem State University
Alumni Association and the Bet
ter Ideal Community Club joined
forces in their annual Christmas
Activity celebration on Saturday,
Dec. 3, at Bethlehem Center,
Cleveland Ave. Both groups
found out several years ago the
acute interest of each in working
for Better Community and fam
ily relationships, also educational
opportunities throughout the city,
hence the joint celebration was
instituted. Brady Houser, retired
professor of Winston-Salem
State University, was the first
speaker for the joining of the two
groups in the celebration and he
emphasized the importance of
community clubs in the black
community being involved in the
alumni activities for the support
of the college in its efforts to
reach out to community youth
and families.
The program opened with
r? ?
prayer, led by Thurmond Ford,
president of the Slaten Chapter.
Barbara Benson (Slaten Chap
ter), served as program chairper-_
son and the pianist led us in our
Christmas caroling and appropri
ate games for the season.
The potluck dinner (provided
by members of both groups) set
up in buffet style consisted of
chicken, dumpling, tried
chicken, turkey, ham, vegetables,
congealed salads, cooked ereen
beans, collards and green garden
peas, homemade cakes and pies,
coffee and soft drinks.
Helen W. Falls, chaplain for
the Community Club, served as
mistress of ceremonies. Falls
presented members and guest,
thanking all for taking time out
for the Christmas celebration at
the beginning of Advent week.
Officers for Slaten Alumni
Club are: Thurmond Ford, presi
dent; Bemice Parker, vice-presi
dent; Helen Gwyn, secretary; and
Gloria Jones, treasurer.
Officers for Better Ideal
"Community Ctub are: Veronica
Scales, president; Flora Massey,
-vice president; Hazel W. Hauser,
recording secretary; Lucille
Gwynn, correspondence secre
tary; Wyvetra Canter, financial
secretary; Ernestine Cathcart,
treasurer, and Helen Falls, Chap
lin.
Others in attendance from
Slaten Club and Community
Club were, Mary Mason, Sylvia
Ford, Adline R. Hodge, Evelyn
Holmes, Luther Woods, Mildred
Woods, Birdie Vaughn, Ruth
Cassenberry, Austin Blackmon,
and Nikki Young.
Special guests were Ruth
Staplewood, Margaret J. Holden,
Naomi Cassenberry, William P.
Wilson, Karolyn Thompson, and
Goldia Anderson.
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