Nationally, DUI Checkpoints on St. Patrick’s Day Land Several People in Jail Across the country, several cities set up DUI checkpoints to help monitor drunk or impaired driving on St. Patrick’s Day. In Kansas City, Missouri, an overnight DUI checkpoint led to 31 arrests. Police stopped 596 vehicles on Monday, March 17th, during a five-hour DUI checkpoint. Officers also issued tickets for other traffic violations, including seven citations for driving with a suspended license, and two hazardous driving citations. Police also arrested two … [Read more...]
Privatization of Liquor Sales in WA State Leads to Fewer DUI Arrests
November 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
DUI Arrests Down in WA State After Privatization of Liquor Sales Last Year One year after the state of Washington privatized their liquor sales, raw data from the Washington State Patrol shows that DUI arrests are not going up, as some people feared, but seem to be trending downward. The Washington Policy Center, an independent, nonpartisan think tank, extrapolated the data. The center looked at data on DUI arrests from the 2008-2009 fiscal year, and compared it to data from the 2012-2013 fiscal year. “When the initiative (to privatize … [Read more...]
