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: Forth of July Enforcement Stats

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department wants to take this opportunity to say that we hope everyone had a Fourth of July.

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 additional D.W.I. and Special Operations traffic enforcement units working over the three-day period. We do have some figures to share with everyone regarding July 4th 2004.

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department answered a total of 544 calls for service over the three-day period.

We answered 141 calls of fireworks complaints, although no citations were issued for fireworks.

A total of 51 arrests were made for various criminal matters, 7 of these arrests were for Driving While Intoxicated and Texarkana Arkansas Officers issued 53 Traffic Violations.