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Colorado State Patrol and local police arrested 293 impaired drivers over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a decrease from 2018 celebrations, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced in a news release Friday.
Denver police recorded the most arrests of any city with 31 people getting citations, followed by Colorado Springs with 26 and Aurora with 15. The state patrol made 38 arrests.
Law enforcement made 323 arrests for impaired drivers last year, the release said.
Why the decline?
CDOT pointed to its free ride-sharing offer, which provided rides to drivers who pledged not to drive impaired. More than 4,200 took the sober-driving pledge, CDOT said.
