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According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, officers made more than 1,100 arrests related to DWI this holiday season. Almost half of the arrests, made from December 21 through January 1, were made by officers who were funded by a special $2 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation. This grant is used [...]

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The chief of the Austin Police Department is seeking a new drunk driving category in Texas. According to Austin police chief Art Acevedo, his proposed plan would target drivers who have had a couple of drinks but are not yet legally drunk. The plan would be called the Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI). The law [...]

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Central Texas is launching a new campaign to stop people from drinking and driving. The campaign is called “Drink and Drive, and Got to Jail” and police officials use a cop-cab to\help show there point; take a cab if you have been drinking or you will end up in the back of a cop car. [...]

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APD’s No Refusal Weekend results remain consistent with those at this time last year. The Police Department chooses big party weekends to implement the program. KVUE reports that, “During the overnight hours between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, Austin police made 24 suspected DWI arrests.” Police say that, of those arrested, 12  were breathalyzed, one [...]

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Texas state representative Eddie Rodriguez has been arrested on DWI charges. Rep. Rodriguez was picked up by police while he was driving on Chicon Street in East Austin, when police noticed the 38-year-old’s car swerving erratically. Rep. Rodriguez told police officers that he had had four glasses of wine before getting in his car. He [...]

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