A summer campaign targeting impaired drivers is being held in Colorado.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been supporting Colorado State Patrol and 67 local law enforcement agencies for the Summer Blitz DUI enforcement period, taking place in June.
Drivers have seen saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints and additional law enforcement officers on duty dedicated to arresting impaired drivers and keeping Colorado’s roads safe, as part of the initiative. Last year, 317 people were arrested during the same DUI enforcement period.
This high-visibility DUI enforcement period lands in the middle of the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer, also known as the time period from Memorial Day to Labor Day when the majority of Colorado’s traffic fatalities and crashes occur.
“Summer can be an amazing time in Colorado, but it can also be an especially deadly period on our roads,” said Chief of the Colorado State Patrol Col. Matthew C. Packard.
“Across the state, every Coloradan owes it to themselves, their family and their neighbors to drive sober. Before drinking, make a plan for a sober ride home.”
Preliminary data shows that during the Memorial Day DUI enforcement period last month, there were 116 arrests made. Following the Summer Blitz enforcement period, the next DUI enforcement period will be Fourth of July weekend from July 1 to 7.
