DUI campaign nets 13 arrests in Clallam

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

 

In Clallam County, 13 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI).

 

Statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 2,723 drivers for DUI.

 

Last year in Clallam County, during the same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols arrested 24 people for DUI.

 

In Clallam County, the Port Angeles and Sequim Police Departments, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol participated in the extra DUI patrols, with the support of the Clallam County DUI Target Zero Task Force.

 

The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

See www.wtsc.wa.gov.