There were 22 Driving While Intoxicated arrests made during the 18 days of increased patrols for the Labor Day holiday. The Garland Police Department had stepped up its DWI patrols from Aug. 17 through Sept. 3 in an effort to keep Garland citizens and visitors safe during the holiday weekend.
The additional enforcement resulted in seven DWI related arrests and one additional arrest for another offense. During the same period the city’s regular patrols made an additional 15 DWI arrests bring the total to 22 impaired driver related arrests.
The additional enforcement was paid for by the state funded grant from TXDOT known as the Impaired Driving Mobilization Grant.
The Garland Police Department would like to thank TXDOT for its assistance in allowing officers to keep the city streets safe during the Labor Day holiday.
Some striking statistics:
- Every day, 29 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This is one death every 50 minutes.
- Texas leads the nation in the number of fatal drunk driving accidents. Almost 40 percent of all traffic fatalities involve the use of alcohol. More than 1,000 Texans lose their lives in drunk driving crashes each year.
- In 2016, of 17,434 DUI crashes, the following five cities had the highest number of crashes. San Antonio: 1,845, Houston: 1,492, Austin: 1,432, Dallas: 1,310 and El Paso: 758.6
Appoint a designated driver. Don’t drink and drive.
https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/drunk-driving