MOORHEAD 鈥� Dozens of drivers were arrested for driving while impaired throughout western Minnesota during a holiday enforcement period.
The enforcement, which ran from Nov. 27 to Dec. 31, yielded 2,079 arrests for driving while impaired across Minnesota, the state Department of Public Safety said in a Friday, Jan. 17, release.
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According to data shared with the release:
The Minnesota State Patrol鈥檚 Detroit Lakes district reported 18 DWI arrests, including one of a driver with a 0.28% blood alcohol content.
The Becker County Sheriff's Office arrested 13 drivers for DWI, the Otter Tail County Sheriff鈥檚 Office arrested 10 and the Clay County Sheriff鈥檚 Office arrested two.
Police departments in Moorhead, Hawley and Dilworth reported six, two and one DWI arrests, respectively.
The Department of Public Safety's Office of Traffic Safety coordinated the statewide enforcement with funding from the National Highway Safety Administration, the release said.
鈥淭o those sober drivers I say thank you; it really was a gift. For those who chose to drive impaired, we鈥檙e grateful to our law enforcement partners who are relentlessly protecting Minnesotans from those reckless decisions,鈥� Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hanson said in the release.
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