PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — New numbers from the Arizona Governor’s Workplace of Freeway Security present a rise in excessive DUI arrests throughout the vacation process drive.
The information launched this week breaks down complete DUI arrests, distracted driving citations and extra. In complete, 42,732 site visitors stops had been made between December 1st and thirty first.
There have been 512 excessive DUI arrests throughout that point interval in 2021, in comparison with 421 in 2019 and 378 in 2020. “Excessive is .15 and above,” mentioned Alberto Gutier, the workplace director. “And it’s a felony, and it’s very harmful as a result of, in a few of these instances, the one that dedicated the felony DUI had kids within the automobile.”
Different takeaways from the info: 1,963 complete DUI arrests, 582 DUI drug arrests and 513 seat belt citations. The workplace stories 9,395 officers participated, in comparison with 15,964 in 2019.
Gutier has been on this place for 27 years and says dashing can be one among his prime considerations.
“My slogan I created again in 1998… ‘drive hammered get nailed.’ Folks get that of their heads. They notice, ‘why are they doing this?’ It’s really easy to name someone. Name a taxi. Name a buddy,” Gutier mentioned.
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