Police Shift Fight Against New Mexico DWI

Sobriety checkpoints focus on stopping drunk driving in Albuquerque, NM.

Traditionally DWI sobriety checkpoints focus on larger streets and intersections, and they are implemented on the weekend. Albuquerque police are now shifting efforts against driving while intoxicated in New Mexico by setting up roadblocks on smaller roads on any given day of the week.

The goal is to have an element of surprise; making driver’s think twice about drinking and driving in Albuquerque.

On a recent Thursday night, police made 20 arrests for suspicion of DWI. One motorist actually abandoned his vehicle at the roadblock and fled on foot.

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