MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Florham Park Police Chief Joseph Orlando announce the implementation of a joint Driving While Intoxicated checkpoint in Florham Park for the weekend of June 27 through June 29. This action will be dedicated to the memory of father and daughter, Tim and Bridget O’Donnell.
The checkpoint will be conducted by law enforcement personnel from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and the Florham Park Police Department.
Tim’s wife and Bridget’s mother, Pam O’Donnell, started an awareness campaign to educate the public about the dangers of distracted and impaired drivers. It has helped inspire a renewed commitment by law enforcement to detect and respond to dangerous drivers.
DWI checkpoints are funded by grants received by the Prosecutor’s Office from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct checkpoints with municipal police departments throughout Morris County.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office has coordinated sobriety checks throughout various municipalities in Morris County. It intends to continue to do so in the future with advanced public notice. Regrettably, impaired and drunk driving continues to pose a serious threat and harm to our citizens, and now, co-joined with all too many cases of distracted driving because of cell phones, these types of operations to deter such behavior remain useful and necessary to protect the public.
