{"id":5358,"date":"2024-02-11T22:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2024-02-11T22:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:19:07","slug":"tupd-unveils-new-taxi-service-works-to-prevent-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/02\/11\/tupd-unveils-new-taxi-service-works-to-prevent-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"TUPD unveils new taxi service, works to prevent drunk driving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\">TROJANV<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\">SION<\/a>) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/student-resources\/campus-safety\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy University Police Department<\/a> (TUPD) has released its newest program that aims prevent students from drunk driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, TUPD unveiled one of its newest vehicles, which features a police cruiser in the front and a taxi in the back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we\u2019ve seen a slight uptick in DUI arrests amongst our students,&#8221; said TUPD Chief George Beaudry. &#8220;We had a couple of traffic accidents with our students that involved that revolved around alcohol related driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We did a little research, and of course in the city of Troy, there are no cab services after 5 p.m. There\u2019s also no ride-share programs available. So we were just looking for an opportunity to figure out a way to help the students.&#8221; <br><br>The new \u201cChoose Your Ride\u201d program allows students to request a ride home from TUPD police officers. Students do not have to live on campus to be picked up, but they will have to verify student status.<br><br>&#8220;It\u2019s really designed to help our students out,&#8221; Beaudry explained. &#8220;We don\u2019t have any problem with picking up two to three students at one time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can request a ride service through the Omnilert app, or call the TUPD nonemergency phone number, which is (334)-670-3215.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are a few stipulations that apply to the new program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do have a limit on the mileage as far as how far we\u2019ll go it\u2019s a four-mile radius around the city limits of Troy,&#8221; Beaudry explained. &#8220;Which basically covers most any place in Troy where our students might be engaging in use of alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the Choose Your Ride service is mainly intended for students who are 21 and older, TUPD will pick up underage students. However, there is a stipulation.<br><br>\u201cWe are going to report to Student Services,&#8221; Beaudry said. &#8220;We\u2019re not gonna do any criminal prosecution and we\u2019re not gonna give any serious trouble. \u201cI think we\u2019re saving potentially saving lives on the roadway, and potentially preventing students from going to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Omnilert app, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/student-resources\/campus-safety\/emergency-notifications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 The Troy University Police Department (TUPD) has released its newest program that aims prevent students from drunk driving.<\/p>\n<p>This week, TUPD unveiled one of its newest vehicles, which features a police cruiser in the front and a taxi in the back. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we\u2019ve seen a slight uptick in DUI arrests&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/02\/11\/tupd-unveils-new-taxi-service-works-to-prevent-drunk-driving\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[1412,1065,1090],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-choose-your-ride","tag-student-life","tag-tupd","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}