Porter County Drunk Driving Task Force recognizes Burns Harbor Officer Tim Lucas as top cop in DUI arrests in Porter County
December 17, 2015 | Joyce Russell | nwitimes.com
Stopping drunk drivers before they hurt someone is personal for Burns Harbor police officer Tim Lucas.
"My mom was struck by a drunk driver in the early 1980s," Lucas said at Thursday's awards banquet honoring Porter County police officers who made the most drunk driving arrests this year.
Lucas topped the list with 45.
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Photo courtesy of Joyce Russell at nwitimes.com.
Back row, left to right: Joshua Noel of the Hebron Police Department; Aaron Miersma of the Chesterton Police Department; Jerame Simpson of the Valparaiso Police Department and Justin Hansen of the Indiana State Police. Front row, from left to right: Tawni Komisarcik of the Porter Police Department, Marie Buckingham of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers of Northwest Indiana; Dolores Mueller of the Kouts Police Department; Jared Underhill of the Porter County Sheriff's Department and Tim Lucas of the Burns Harbor Police Department. Not pictured: Roger Peele of the Portage Police Department.