HIGHWAY SAFETY

Statewide DUI arrests down

Statewide DUI arrests are down significantly this month with about a week left to go in 2022, according to the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

This month, 877 DUI arrests from Dec. 1 through Dec. 19 have been recorded — down 57% from the 2,049 DUI arrests recorded in during the entire month in December 2021, the data show.

In December 2020, there were 1,729 DUI arrests while there were about 450 more DUI-related arrests during 2019, when there were 2,184, according to the data.

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