Holiday drive sober campaign nets 228 arrests in area

The results are in from the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement campaign conducted from Nov. 27 through Jan. 1.

In Spokane, Whitman, Pend Oreille and Ferry counties, 228 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI), and statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 2,723 drivers for DUI.

Last year in Spokane, Whitman, Pend Oreille and Ferry counties, during the same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols arrested 237 people for DUI.

Colfax police, Whitman County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol were among the agencies in the four county area which participated in the extra DUI patrols, with the support of the Spokane County Target Zero Task Force. The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

These and all extra patrols are part of Target Zero, striving to end traffic deaths and serious injuries in Washington by 2030.