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Dexter PD Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Enforcement Results
September 05th 2017 by Dee Loflin
Dexter PD Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Enforcement Results
Dexter Police Department’s August/Labor Day Crackdown DWI Enforcement Crackdown ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Enforcement Results.

Dexter Police Department reported that 1 felony arrests was made and 36 citations were issued during the enforcement period, which ran from August 18 - September 3, 2017.

Preliminary data shows in 2016, there were 218 fatalities and 664 serious injuries that involved at least one substance-impaired driver. That equates to one substance-impaired driving fatality every 1-3/4 days. 

During the holiday August 19 – September 5, 2016, 16 people were killed and 34 seriously injured which involved at least one substance-impaired driver.  

Dexter Police joined forces with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies across the country in this year’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. 


Last Updated on September 05th 2017 by Dee Loflin




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