Friday and Saturday No-Refusal Weekend
Austin, TX (myFOXaustin.com) – APD will enforce a No-Refusal DWI Initiative during Halloween weekend. The initiative will begin this Friday, October 30 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. and then on Saturday, October 31 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.
The DWI initiative is an effort to enforce DWI laws, keep the public safe, and to conduct blood search warrants on suspects who refuse to give a breath or blood specimen as required by law. This includes new DWI laws that recently went into effect starting September 1, 2009. A high number of DWI arrests are made in Austin each year. Approximately half of last years traffic fatalities were alcohol related.
The last time APD had a No-Refusal weekend was Labor Day weekend and they made twenty six DWI arrests during the No Refusal initiative. Nine individuals refused to give a sample of their breath or blood. After a judge signed a search warrant all 9 individuals had their blood drawn without incident.
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/102909-APD-Friday-and-Saturday-No-Refusal-Weekend
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