Denise Laurenson is scheduled to conduct a press conference today in front of the Caddo Parish Courthouse in Shreveport to announce the formation of a new Louisiana DWI advocacy group.
The Louisiana DWI Resource Center will be a non-profit organization aimed at reducing the number of DWI incidents and alcohol related injuries in the state. The Center will maintain a database of DWI information and victim’s rights. It will utilize public awareness campaigns, alcohol abuse education, drunk driving prevention efforts and research in its mission to reduce Louisiana DWI.
Laurenson is the mother of a high school student killed by a speeding drunk driver in 2004. She says the Louisiana DWI Resource Center will be an ongoing effort to stress that “drinking and driving kills.”