Drive Sober, Or Get Pulled Over in Olivette

Olivette Police Department cracking down on Impaired Drivers Aug. 17 to Sept. 3.

Information was provided by Rick Knox, chief of police for the City of Olivette. The sobering fact is that impaired driving contributes to nearly 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities. In 2011, 220 people were killed and 902 seriously injured in crashes involving an impaired driver; that’s why the Olivette Police Department will join other Missouri law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunk driving Aug. 17 - Sept. 3. Olivette police will participate in statewide sobriety checkpoints and DWI saturation patrols enforcing Missouri’s DWI laws and keeping impaired drivers off the road. Consequences of drunk driving include jail time, loss of their driver licenses, or being sentenced to use ignition interlocks. Insurance rates go up…

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Time for Olivette to Modernize its Public Safety Facilities

Propositions "S" and "P" will provide for a new administrative center; a new fire house and additions to the Parks. Vote is August 7

On August 7, Olivette residents will be asked to decide the future of the city by voting either for/or against two major propositions, Prop S for Public Safety and Prop P for Parks. Both initiatives total a little over $12 million dollars. Currently, Olivette has absolutely no bond indebtedness. Olivette pretty much has two distinct constituencies. First, there are the 7,500 residents who have called it home now and even before the 1950s. The second group is comprised of the public servants who provide for the first group. That would be police, fire, administrative staff; court staff, public works and the parks department. Some 75 or so career employees fall into that category. In the year 2000, I ran for public office in Olivette. I was …

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Olivette, Ladue Police Join Forces to Arrest Car Thieves

Police Blotter report for the City of Ladue June 18-24, 2012.

Monday, June 18, 2012 9:27 p.m. A car went out control and crashed into the retaining wall on eastbound I-64 at Lindbergh. Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:11 a.m. A larceny occurred on Brynwood Lane. A GPS was stolen out of an unlocked automobile. 1:12 p.m. A prisoner was handed over from the Pine Lawn Police at 1414 Evergreen Avenue, wanted on outstanding warrants in Ladue. It was a male prisoner, no date of birth was recorded. Wednesday June 20, 2012 4:49 a.m. Ladue and Olivette police were involved in the arrest of three suspicion persons in several neighborhoods. Someone was observed in the early morning hours in Chevy Chase in Olivette, and the arrest was made of three subjects on nearby Rio Vista Lane in La Hacienda subdivision in Ladue. …

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Olivette Police Chief Joins Effort to End Crime Against Women

Chief Rick Knox Selected to Attend National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute in Seattle.

The City of Olivette Police Chief Richard Knox is one of 30 law enforcement executives from across the country selected to participate in the 15th National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women hosted by The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). His attendance at the Institute demonstrates Olivette Police Department’s commitment to strengthen its response to violence against women. “I am happy to be selected for the Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women. It is a great opportunity to take advantage of a national training program,” said Chief Knox. “This train-the-trainer approach will teach me additional methods to increase our officer’s awareness and sensitivity toward crimes of violence …

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Olivette Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints, Now Through November

This continues the city-wide effort to increase the enforcement of Missouri’s DWI laws.

On average, one person is killed in a drunk driving related accident every 50 minutes in the United States. DWI checkpoints are aimed at taking intoxicated or impaired drivers off the roadways in order to prevent traffic accidents, keep roads safe and save lives. The checkpoints involve Olivette police officers briefly stopping traffic for the purpose of checking for impaired drivers. Those in compliance with the law will be allowed to proceed after a short delay, and intoxicated drivers will be arrested. "While citizens may be delayed for a short period of time, these checkpoints have been proven highly successful in getting intoxicated drivers off the streets,” said Chief Rick Knox, Olivette Police Department. “Should you come upon one …

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