The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety announced that the final DWI campaign is underway across the state. The extra DWI patrols actually began the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and will run through the holiday season, ending after New Year’s Day. The campaign has been dubbed “What’s My Why,” and it is aimed at getting people to […]
Minnesota Police Announce Extra DWI Patrols Through Labor Day
As expected, Minnesota police announced that they will be conducting extra DWI patrols from now until the end of the Labor Day holiday weekend in an effort to crack down on the dangerous driving maneuver. The news comes on the heels of a report published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic […]
DUIs Increase Throughout Twin Cities During Crackdown
As we mentioned on the blog in November, law enforcement officials in Minnesota announced that they would be conducting a drunk driving crackdown beginning before Thanksgiving and running through the majority of December. Despite our warnings that police would be out in full force, more people were arrested for DUI during the crackdown than over […]
More than 1,500 Arrested For DUI During Crackdown
Statistics from Minnesota’s recent 17-day drunk driving crackdown revealed that more than 1,500 people were arrested for DUI during that short period. More than 300 state police agencies participated in the end of summer drunk driving crackdown. In all, police arrested 1,513 Minnesotans for driving while intoxicated between August 21 and September 7. That represents […]
