Besides New Years Eve- July 4th is the busiest holiday for police- fire and EMS services.
I know- I've worked news-gathering (men are hunter-gatherers you know) almost 20 4th of Julys now and EVERY July 4th has resulted in a shortage of available police- fire & EMS units because of the sheer volume of service calls.
So while tens of thousands of people thumb their noses at fireworks laws- the KC-MO police will again waste the taxpayers money (I know-who cares?) and set up a grossly-inefficient "sobriety" checkpoint.
The last such checkpoint the local news media bothered to report on nabbed just ONE PERCENT of the total drivers stopped on possible DUI charges.
I guess there isn't as much money to be made on those who use fireworks illegally- so don't bother calling the police this weekend.
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