Arrests for DWI in Minnesota Higher in July

Month records most drunk driving arrests for year.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has issued a report showing that more arrests for suspicion of driving while intoxicated were made during July than in any other month of the year. A total of 196 arrests for MN DWI were made.

During a special initiative against drunk driving in Minnesota called NightCAP, law enforcement officers stopped 3,961 vehicles and issued 1,354 citations for traffic violations such as DWI, speeding, reckless driving and failure to wear seat belts. The program targets 13 counties in Minnesota and since it inception in the fall of 2008, more than 1000 motorists have been charged with driving while intoxicated or impairment of drugs.

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