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Cochise County sheriff warns residents about flood risk, laser attacks on aircraft, rising DUIs after multiple incidents
Summary
Sheriff Mark Danlos warned Cochise County residents to avoid flooded roads, cautioned that aiming lasers at helicopters is a felony under state law, and described recent traffic incidents including a school bus sinkhole incident and a fuel-tanker rollover.
Sheriff Mark Danlos of Cochise County urged residents to avoid driving through flooded roads, warned that aiming a laser at aircraft is a felony, and detailed several recent accidents that have strained local responders.
Danlos, speaking on KWCD’s First Watch radio program, opened with a safety message about upcoming storm forecasts and saturated ground, saying “turn around, don’t drown” and urging people not to “force” passage through flooded washes or roadways. He said flood forecasts and saturated soil increase the risk of dangerous road conditions.
The sheriff recounted a recent incident in which a full-size…
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