Cpl. Bart Veal

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-798-2368 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION DWI ENFORCEMENT

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department wants to take this opportunity to say that we hope everyone had a Happy New Year.

As part of our commitment to the safety of the citizens of Texarkana, the Texarkana Arkansas police enforced the DWI laws with ZERO TOLERANCE. In addition to the roving patrols, the Texarkana Arkansas Police had 9 additional D.W.I. and Special Operations traffic enforcement units working over the two-day period. We do have some figures to share with everyone regarding New Years 2004.

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department answered a total of 284 calls for service over the two-day period. No major accidents or alcohol related accidents were reported within the city of Texarkana Arkansas.

We answered 49 calls of fireworks complaints although no citations were issued as a result of these complaints.

Below we have listed the numbers of arrests and citations.
39 Total arrests were made.
16 arrests on the December 31st and 23 arrests on January 1st
9 Driving While Intoxicated arrests
9 Public Intoxication arrests
4 Drug Related arrests
16 Others, such as Warrants or Disorderly
1 Driving While License Suspended (from a prior D.W.I. arrest)

15 Traffic Violations were issued.
12 D.W.I. related
3 Others

Chief Harrison stated, “We (The Texarkana Arkansas Police) would like to thank everyone of Texarkana for all their help in making this another safe New Year for all of us.”