Wednesday, October 28, 2009

More than 1,100 arrested in Arizona anti-DUI effort

More than 1,100 arrests were made during a statewide DUI task force that wrapped up Monday, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
The 18-day task force began Aug. 21 and resulted in 1,136 arrests for suspicion of DUI, including 49 on Monday, according to a news release issued by the state agency.
About 34 percent arrests made during the task force for were suspicion of extreme DUI, which means the person’s blood-alcohol content was 0.15 or higher, the release said. The legal limit in Arizona is 0.08.Additionally, 375 citations were issued for underage consumption of alcohol, and another 185 DUI drug citations were issued, the release said.

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