AUSTIN, TX — Austin police made 75 DWI arrests in the course of the Christmas/New 12 months’s Day season as part of its DWI enforcement and No Refusal Initiatives.
The initiative ran from 10 p.m. to five a.m. from Dec. 17 by way of Jan. 1. Throughout that point, 75 DWI arrests had been made.
Of these 75 arrests made, 33 had been from blood search warrants, 33 had been from consent breath samples and 9 had been from consent blood samples.
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Nineteen folks obtained enhanced DWI costs when their consent breath samples had been over.15, officers mentioned. Seven folks had been charged with a Class A misdemeanor DWI with prior convictions.
4 folks obtained a felony DWI cost with two or extra prior convictions and one particular person was charged with a toddler passenger felony in the course of the initiative, authorities mentioned.
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The Austin Police Division, the Metropolis of Austin Transportation Division and TXDOT mentioned they’re repeatedly centered on stopping lives from being misplaced on the streets, highways and waterways of Austin.
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