12/17/07
Guess Who's Coming to Town? -
Categories: You better not drive,
You better just think,
"Please let me survive!"
A Police Dept Press Release:
Holiday DWI Patrols
Garland Police officers will be working overtime during the upcoming holidays to catch and remove D.W.I. (Driving Under the Influence) drivers from Garland roadways. The project will begin December 21 and runs through January 1.
Garland Police Officers will be driving marked and unmarked squad cars for the added enforcement. The special project is funded by TxDOT’s Driver Mobilization Grant, which is also aimed at removing minors from the roadways who are D.W.I.
2007 D.W.I. arrest totals for Garland so far have been:
- 502 D.W.I. arrests
- 29 of those arrests were minors
In addition for 2007 there have been:
- 4 Intoxication Assault cases filed
- 1 Intoxication Manslaughter case filed, all stemming from car crashes
Current TxDOT statistics show someone is either hurt or killed an average every 19 minutes by drunk drivers on Texas roadways and five people are killed everyday by drunk drivers on Texas roadways.
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!
IF YOU DO DRINK, HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER.
