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County Prepares to Increase Employee Driver Record Monitoring After DUI Charges in County-owned Vehicles

JUNE 2009, Montgomery County, Maryland—Montgomery County officials are preparing to increase their driving record monitoring for those employees who are authorized to drive county-owned vehicles. Three employees driving county-owned vehicles have been charged with driving under the influence since May 2008, according to Chief Administrative Officer Timothy Firestine.

A fourth person, an assistant fire chief, who was allegedly involved in an alcohol-related crash, is no longer employed by the county, according to a county spokeswoman.

"I don't want someone with a driving record filled with DUI's driving a county car," said Firestine. The local Gazette first reported the March 26 arrest, on DUI and other charges, of a Department of Economic Development employee who has a history of drunken driving convictions.

A group of county department heads will look at current policies that allow employees to use county-owned vehicles. Firestine said "After you see a couple incidents together, you begin to look at your procedures and policies you have in place”—and “wants recommendations for policy changes by the end of the summer.”

The Montgomery County Administrative Procedure states the only rule for county employees who use a county vehicle for work is that they "must have a valid driver's license." Firestine called for a more inclusive check into driving records and said that an employee's driving record and license should be checked prior to the employee signing out a car.

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