The highest number of DUI arrests made on a Friday night during a HEAT campaign enforcement period was 288 and occurred this year on Friday, March 17. The second highest number of such arrests was 259 and occurred last summer on Friday, July 2. Five sobriety checkpoints were conducted last night.
Reports are available for three of the five checkpoints.
Sheriff's Office made 270 contacts and three DUI arrests. CSP, Alamosa County Sheriff's Office and Alamosa Police Department made eight DUI arrests. Reports are not available at this time for two sobriety checkpoints. CSP and Longmont Police Department conducted one, while the other involved the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and Golden Police Department. According to preliminary reports from the CSP, three people died in traffic crashes so far this holiday weekend.