A DROP IN HOLIDAY-RELATED DWI ARRESTS AROUND NEW MEXICO … CONTINUING A SLOW BUT STEADY TREND IN RECENT YEARS. NEW YEAR'S EVE IS USUALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRINKING HOLIDAYS FOR THE STATE, BUT STATE POLICE SAY THEY ARRESTED ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE TUESDAY NIGHT. MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WERE BOOKED INTO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE BY APD AND BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES COMBINED.
STATE POLICE ALSO SAY THERE WERE NO SERIOUS ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENTS OVER NEW YEAR'S. THEY CREDIT THE DROP IN DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS TO AN INCREASE IN SATURATION PATROLS, DWI CHECKPOINTS, AND PROSECUTIONS.
