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POLICE CHIEF GETS HIS HANDS DIRTY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING. TONIGHT CHIEF RAY SCHULTZ TELLS US A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER ZIPPED RIGHT BY HIM--- WHILE THE CHIEF WAS HEADING TO A DWI CHECKPOINT. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE AT THE MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING ANNUAL BANQUET WITH MORE. THE CHIEFS STORY IS JUST OF OF SEVERAL BEING SHARED HERE TONIGHT- RANGING FROM THE ROUTINE TO THAT OF AN APD OFFICER WHO'S BEEN STRUCK BY 5 DIFFERENT DRUNK DRIVER THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, IN HIS POLICE CAR. TONIGHT THE CHIEF TELLS ITS ALL PART OF THE JOB. A LOT OF BRASS TONIGHT AT THE ANNUAL MOTHERS AGAINST DRIVING BANQUET- AND WATCHING THE OFFICERS RECEIVE THANKS- ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CHIEF RAY SHULTZ. 42: 33 every year MADD recognizes officer and persecutors and community members from across the state who go above and beyond. SOMETHING THE CHIEF KNOWS ABOUT FIRST HAND - BEFORE THE BANQUET HE TOLD US ABOUT A TRAFFIC STOP HE MADE LAST NIGHT. 41:13 last night I was on my way to the checkpoint on I-40 and 9 mile hill and someone decided to pass me at 95 miles an hour. I stopped him and low and behold it was the first drunk of the night. THE CHECK POINT THE CHIEF WAS HEADED TO IS ONE OF DOZENS - POLICE FROM AROUND THE STATE HAD PUT ON THIS YEAR- ON BACK ROADS AND EVEN INTERSTATES- LIKE LAST NIGHTS ALONG I-40. AND THE CHIEF SAYS HE WAS HAPPY TO FIND OUT HIS ARREST WAS ONLY ONE VERY FEW MADE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 42:19 any time we do a check point and not make an arrest we hope the community is getting the message that check points are out there everywhere and and if you drink and drive your chances of getting caught are pretty good POLICE HERE TONIGHT TELL US THEY HAVE A HEAP OF CHECKPOINTS COMING UP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON- REPORTING LIVE AT EMBASSY SUITES GS EYN4 STATE POLICE SAY THEY PULLED OVER 7 SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVERS DURING LAST NIGHT'S CHECKPOINT INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ALSO BUSTED THREE GUYS FROM ARIZONA WHO HAD A POUND OF METH HIDDEN IN THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPARTMENT. THIS D-W-I SUPER BLITZ RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER