Crime & Safety
Lakeville Officer Honored as 'DWI Enforcer All-Star'
Adam Stier made 77 DWI arrests in 2012. He and others are set to be recognized before Thursday's Minnesota Twins game at Target Field.
A member of the Lakeville Police Department will be named as one of the sixth DWI Enforcer All-Star squad at Target Field Thursday, as part of festivities before the Minnesota Twins game, according to a press release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Officer Adam Stier's 77 DWI arrests in 2012 earned him a place among 18 law-enforcement professionals in the Twin Cities and 34 statewide receiving the honor.
Stier earned the same honor for his 2011 DWI arrests. See video above on our desktop site (Stier is at about the 3:00 mark) or at YouTube.com.
In March 2013, Stier narrowly avoided injury while making a traffic stop. Stier had stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation late at night and was on the side of the roadway, with the emergency lights activated on his patrol squad when he saw a vehicle coming up from behind traveling fast. Officer Stier, fearing that he was going to be hit, jumped towards the ditch. The vehicle did not reduce its speed and nearly struck the back of his squad, just swerving at the last moment to avoid collision.
Stier was able to clear the traffic stop that he was on and stopped the vehicle that had nearly struck his squad. The driver appeared to be impaired and, after failing a field sobriety test, was placed under arrest and charged. A potential tragedy was averted that night but we have had officers injured by passing motorists.
(This article includes material written by Thomas Vonhof.)
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