The Overland Park , Kansas, Police Department is planning a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, March 14, 2008. I guess it is that time of year again. I am sure there will be many checklanes to follow. However, a saturation patrol means that there will be more officers out patrolling the streets between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., and they will be pulling motorists in Overland Park over for every little reason they can think of and then sniffing them to see if they have been drinking. I have always advocated the use of saturation patrols instead of checklanes because at least the people getting pulled over have theoretically done SOMETHING wrong to justify the stop. Whereas, in checklanes 98% or so of the people stopped were not violating any laws whatsoever. I would think that saturation patrols would be more effective than checklanes, as well. We’ll see. The numbers on this will be interesting. It is no coincidence that this Kansas DUI enforcement effort is being held on a Friday during the Big 12 Tournament here in Kansas City, and during the weekend that St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will be underway. I will try to report back when the numbers on this are released. There is more info here.