{"id":794400,"date":"2019-04-01T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/almost-300-arrested-during-st-patricks-day-dui-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T00:32:00","slug":"almost-300-arrested-during-st-patricks-day-dui-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/almost-300-arrested-during-st-patricks-day-dui-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 300 arrested during St. Patrick\u2019s Day DUI enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Almost 300 individuals were arrested for driving impaired during CDOT’s St. Patrick’s Day DUI enforcement period.<\/strong>
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While residents around the state enjoyed St. Patrick\u2019s Day earlier this month, law enforcement was on high alert for impaired drivers as part of \u201cThe Heat Is On\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n

During the St. Patrick\u2019s Day enforcement period, March 15-18, the Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies combined to arrest 293 impaired drivers, a dip from the 323 arrested during last year\u2019s enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the accessibility of ride-hailing service and public transportation, its easier than ever for people to make the responsible decision and get a sober ride to their destinations,\u201d said Derrell Lingk, director of CDOT\u2019s Officer of Transportation Safety. \u201cUnfortunately, some people still choose to drive impaired despite the serious safety risks and financial and legal consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

One hundred and eight law enforcement agencies across the state participated in the enforcement period. The Denver Police Department (31 arrests), the Colorado Springs Police Department (26), and the Aurora Police Department (15) recorded the highest arrest totals. In Summit County, the sheriff\u2019s office made four arrests and the Blue River Marshal\u2019s Office made one.<\/p>\n

The Heat Is On campaign will return for the Spring Events DUI enforcement period beginning April 5. Last year, 1,932 impaired drivers were arrested during the five-week enforcement period.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that people chose to drive impaired, but lives were potentially saved by taking them off the roads,\u201d said Col. Matthew Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol.<\/p>\n

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Almost 300 individuals were arrested for driving impaired during CDOT’s St. Patrick’s Day DUI enforcement period.iStock While residents around the state enjoyed St. Patrick\u2019s Day earlier this month, law enforcement was on high alert for impaired drivers as part of \u201cThe Heat Is On\u201d campaign. During the St. Patrick\u2019s Day enforcement period, March 15-18, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 06:18:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}