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Holiday Alcohol Task Force Enforcement Continues - Week Two

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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

• During this past week’s enforcement (November 20 to November 24), task force officers arrested 36 people for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs (DUI).**

• During the past two weeks of the Holiday Alcohol Task Force, task force officers have arrested 69 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 overall number of DUI arrests made by officers during this time period is higher.

During this week of enforcement, a task force officer arrested a driver for possession of a handgun during a traffic stop in Silver Spring.

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Release ID: 19-467
Media Contact: Rebecca Innocenti 
Categories: impaired-driving