Holiday DWI / DUI arrest totals...

Here are the claimed totals for a few states.

Arizona: 2,800+ Holiday DUI arrests statewide

Minnesota: 3,350 motorists tagged for DWI

North Carolina: 4,367 Holiday DWI arrests

Arizona's statewide Holiday DUI crackdown posts 2,522 DUI arrests

Phoenix, AZ

Such impressive arrest totals do beg the question, "Are any members of law enforcement in Arizona patrolling the Mexican border?"

With time winding down on the Holiday DUI Task Force’s operations, the statewide crackdown on drunken driving continued with another 182 arrests on Saturday.

Since the Thanksgiving weekend, the task force has posted more than 2,500 arrests. Tonight is the last night.

On Saturday, officers made 14 arrests for aggravated DUI, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety said.

A drunken-driving offense is considered aggravated when the motorist has two previous DUI offenses in the last seven years, if the motorist has a suspended, canceled or revoked license or when there is a passenger younger than 15 in the vehicle.

More than one-quarter of Saturday’s arrests were classified extreme, with blood-alcohol content levels exceeding 0.15. Of all those arrested, the average BAC was 0.142.

Of the task force’s 2,522 total DUI arrests, 780 have been for extreme DUI.

Arizona cops arrest 2,300 drivers for DUI in Holiday crackdown

Phoenix, AZ

In a statewide effort, Arizona cops have stopped 32,000 drivers, arrested 2,300 for DUI, and issued 9,500 non-DUI citations.

Authorities participating in a statewide holiday drunken driving task force say they've now made more than 2,300 DUI arrests since the effort began last month.

On Friday alone, 182 drivers were booked on drunken driving charges.

The Governor's Office of Highway Safety coordinates the effort, which involves saturation patrols, DUI checkpoints and youth alcohol enforcement using officers from dozens of law enforcement agencies.

Authorities have stopped more than 32,000 drivers and issued more than 9,500 citations for driving offenses besides DUI.

Under a new state law, DUI offenders face a minimum 10 day jail term, fines and license suspensions and must install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.

The task force continues through New Year's Day.