STOP-DWI

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Otsego County STOP-DWI Program
 

Know The Facts
On How You Can Get Arrested For DWI

FACT: All contain the same amount of alcohol

FACT: If you weigh between 100 to 180 lbs. And you drink two beers within an hour time period, your blood alcohol content can reach a level where it is unlawful for you to drive

Alcohol Content and Impairment Facts

Each of the following drinks contains an equal amount of alcohol:

    1. 12-oz. can of beer at 5% alcohol content
    2. 5-oz. glass of wine at 12% alcohol content
    3. 1.5-oz. shot of 80-proof liquor
    4. 12-oz. wine cooler at 5% alcohol content

Coffee cannot make someone sober. The person may be more awake, but just as drunk. Only time can make someone sober. It takes at least an hour per drink for the alcohol to leave the body's system.

 
Staff

Sheriff's Office:
172 County Highway 33W
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Phone: 607-547-4271 or

              607-547-4270
FAX: 607-547-6413

Sheriff:
Richard J. Devlin, Jr.

Undersheriff:
Cameron S. Allison

Road Sergeant:

Raymond R. Freer

Jack H. Wilkens

Jail Administrator:
Lt. Donald R. Lincourt
547-1611

Civil Process:
Marilynn Folts
547-4271

Pistol Clerk:
Gloria Beers
547-6451

NYS STOP-DWI Association

ALCOHOL AND YOUR CHILD