Serpas Signal

They're getting all ticksy again with these.  Here is the full text of the NOPD press release sent out late last night.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06/12/2013

Sobriety Checkpoint New Orleans, LA - As required by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the New Orleans Police Department is issuing a public advisory regarding a sobriety checkpoint that will be conducted tomorrow night.  The New Orleans Police Department’s Traffic Division will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the Orleans Parish area beginning at approximately 7:00 P.M., and will conclude at approximately 5:00 A.M.  Motorists will experience minimal delays and should have the proper documentation available if requested, i.e., proof of insurance, driver’s license, etc.  Superintendent of Police Ronal Serpas said, “I would like to remind all drivers to always drink responsibly and use a designated driver.”

The note is dated June 12, but the majority of email recipients will have first encountered this message sometime this morning. So the phrase "will be conducted tomorrow night" without reference to a specific date in the text is unnecessarily vague.   Also I notice they're starting at 7:00 pm instead of 9:00 pm for the first time ever.  Unless that's a typo which is quite possible.

Anyway drive carefully.

Update: 7:00 pm tonight obviously not early enough. 

Frank "Connor" Snellings, 21, the son of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., was arrested Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, hit-and-run driving, and driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the French Quarter, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.