Police Report Holiday DUII Arrests For Pacific County

The results are in from the recent Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement campaign conducted from November 21, 2012 through January 1, 2013. In Pacific County, nine motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

(DUI), and statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 3,446 drivers for DUI. Last year in Pacific County, during the same time period, officers on routine and extra patrols arrested 14 people for DUI.

In Pacific County, the Raymond and South Bend Police Departments, the Shoalwater Tribal Police, the Pacific County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Patrol participated in the extra DUI patrols, with the support of the Pacific County Target Zero Task Force. The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.