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At the February 10th City Council Meeting, Mr. Bill Hammes of the MN Office of Traffic <br />Safety was present to talk to the Council about New Brighton's success in traffic safety <br />and to deliver a new Lidar which was presented to Sgt. Terry Nelson. Council also later <br />approved a grant for a full time DUI Officer. That presentation was conducted by <br />Deputy Director Paetznick. <br />Sgt. Nelson with Mr. Bill Hammes from the MN Office of Traffic Safety <br />On February 14th at 10:20 am Officer Krebsbach was on patrol northbound on Long Lake <br />Rd at about 14th St NW when he observed three vehicles including a 2001 Infiniti turn <br />from eastbound 14th St NW to northbound Long Lake Rd with two of the vehicles <br />accelerating quickly. The third vehicle, the 2001 Infiniti, was weaving from center lane <br />divider to the shoulder and following the vehicle ahead of it very closely. All vehicles <br />including the Infiniti continued on Long Lake Rd and the Infiniti continued to drive <br />erratically. Officer Krebsbach initiated a traffic stop of the Infiniti on Long Lake Rd near <br />Poppyseed and the vehicle pulled into the Irondale High School parking lot. The driver <br />was identified as Brett Konecny, 29 years of age from Mounds View. He smelled very <br />strongly of alcoholic beverages and had extremely bloodshot and watery eyes. He had <br />difficulty finding his driver's license in his wallet and admitted to drinking "one beer". <br />Due to the extreme cold, no field sobriety tests were administered but he did fail to give a <br />proper breath sample on a preliminary breath test and was arrested for DUI. He agreed <br />to a breath test which later resulted in a .24 alcohol concentration. Due to the high test <br />and aprevious DUI conviction in 2008, he was booked on the enhanced charges of DUI <br />in the 2nd degree, a gross misdemeanor. CN 15002128. <br />On February 15th at 2:20 am Officer Wakasugi was westbound on 1694 at Long Lake Rd <br />and observed a 2009 Toyota Corolla passing other vehicles at a high rate of speed. <br />Officer Wakasugi paced the Toyota at about 75 MPH in the 60 MPH zone. Officer <br />Wakasugi stopped the vehicle for the speed violation on westbound 694 at Silver Lake <br />5 <br />