Nearly 4,400 arrested on suspicion of DUI — in Arizona!
Nearly 4,400 people statewide were arrested on suspicion of DUI between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve by officers participating in regional saturation enforcements, according to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
Officers arrested 4,371 people between Nov. 24 and Jan. 1, including 1,098 people on suspicion of extreme DUI, 450 on suspicion of aggravated DUI, and 934 DUI drug arrests, according to GOHS. Of the 81,934 total people stopped, there were 1,964 designated drivers, and 34,974 non-DUI citations were handed out.
The average blood-alcohol content of those arrested was 0.15 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20130101more-than-arizona-drivers-arrested-by-holiday-dui-task-force.html
Nearly 4,400 people statewide were arrested on suspicion of DUI between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve by officers participating in regional saturation enforcements, according to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
Officers arrested 4,371 people between Nov. 24 and Jan. 1, including 1,098 people on suspicion of extreme DUI, 450 on suspicion of aggravated DUI, and 934 DUI drug arrests, according to GOHS. Of the 81,934 total people stopped, there were 1,964 designated drivers, and 34,974 non-DUI citations were handed out.
The average blood-alcohol content of those arrested was 0.15 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20130101more-than-arizona-drivers-arrested-by-holiday-dui-task-force.html