'Booze It & Lose It' Nets 1,085 Impaired Driving Arrests During 2nd Week
'Booze It & Lose It' Nets 1,085 Impaired Driving Arrests During Second Week; More Than 2,800 Drivers Cited For DWI During The Summer Campaign
RALEIGH, N.C., July 18 Law enforcement officers across the
state stepped up enforcement of North Carolina's impaired driving laws during
the second week of the summer "Booze It & Lose It" campaign, charging 1,085
people with driving while impaired (DWI). A total of 2,821 drivers were cited
for DWI during the campaign, which began June 29 and ended July 15.
A total of 1,086 checkpoints and stepped-up patrols were conducted across
the state between July 9-15. Counties with the highest number of DWI
citations included Wake (141), Forsyth (59) and Mecklenburg (53). Wake also
reported 21 arrests of drinking drivers under age 21, who are subject to a .00
alcohol-content standard. Eleven underage impaired drivers were cited in New
Hanover County.
More than 2,700 checkpoints and stepped-up patrols were held throughout
the campaign. In addition to DWI arrests, law enforcement officers issued a
total of 8,311 seat belt and 1,147 child passenger safety violations. They
discovered a total of 59,280 traffic and criminal violations, including
818 drug charges, 60 firearms violations, and 17 fugitives from justice. They
also recovered 73 stolen vehicles.
The following are the number of citations issued statewide by law
enforcement officers at "Booze It & Lose It" sobriety checkpoints and stepped-
up patrols from June 29 to July 15.
DWI Occupant Restraint
Total Driving Child
Checkpoints While Passenger
and Impaired Seat Belt Safety
Week 1 Patrols Violations Violations Violations
June 29-July 7 1,617 1,736 4,930 743
July 9-15 1,086 1,085 3,381 404
Total 2,703 2,821 8,311 1,147
Other Traffic Criminal Violations
Violations
Other Total *Stolen
Traffic Traffic Drug Firearm Vehicles
Speeding Violations Violations Violations Violations Recovered
12,148 10,170 34,477 358 31 33
8,753 7,513 24,803 460 29 40
20,901 17,683 59,280 818 60 73
Criminal Violations
Other Total
Criminal Total Traffic &
*Fugitives Violations Criminal Criminal
Arrested Not Listed Violations Violations
10 431 820 35,297
7 1,275 1,764 26,567
17 1,706 2,584 61,864
*These columns are not counted into overall total of violations