From Fox 26: New proposals Galveston County is considering to crack down on drunk driving

A response to a large number of drunk driving related deaths. 

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Galveston City Council and law enforcement officials met Thursday to discuss cracking down on DWI incidents after at least six people have been killed on the island by an alleged drunk driver in August.Galveston Police Chief Doug Balli recommended increasing the department’s presence on the streets.

"We would like to increase our traffic safety unit, and we feel we’re going to be able to do that to numbers we’ve just never had before," Balli said. "When we're able to do that 24 hours a day and have somewhere in the neighborhood of 14-16 officers solely looking for traffic-related activities, I think we’re going to see a big drop and Galveston will become the place as ‘Don’t go down there and do that.'"

Meanwhile, representatives from the TABC, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, suggested bars add more surveillance cameras outside and inside, referencing the city of Houston’s ordinance as a model of success.

"The city of Houston just recently put in an ordinance and theirs was more to mitigate violence as opposed to alcohol and intoxication," TABC representatives said.