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2018 Alcohol Holiday Task Force Enforcement – Week 3

For Immediate Release: Monday, December 3, 2018

The officers of the Montgomery County Police Alcohol Holiday Task Force have been devoting their full time and attention to detecting alcohol-related offenses this holiday season.

• During this past week’s Alcohol Holiday Task Force (November 28 to December 1), task force officers arrested 39 people for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs (DUI).
• During the past 3 weeks of the Alcohol Holiday Task Force, task force officers have arrested a total of 135 people for DUI.

It should be noted that the above arrests include only those arrests made by task force officers and do not include the additional arrests made by patrol officers in the performance of their duties.  Therefore, the number of total DUI arrests made by MCP officers during this time period is higher.

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(Note: On December 17, 2018, 5 additional DUI arrests were added to the week 3 totals).

Previous Weeks:

2018 Holiday Alcohol Task Force Enforcement - Week 2

MCPD Alcohol Holiday Task Force Begins; Always Choose A Sober Ride

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Release ID: 18-519
Media Contact: mcpnews 
Categories: impaired-driving, traffic-safety, uncategorized