DWI Hit Parade!

From KVUE
AUSTIN — The arrest reports are coming in from the Super Bowl DWI crackdown. Austin police held a No Refusal initiative from 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. on game night.
According to arrest documents, officers arrested at least 11 suspected drunk drivers. 
Under the department’s No Refusal policy, each driver had to submit to either a breath or blood test. If they refused, officers got a search warrant to draw blood. 
This is the fourth year for Austin police to enforce the No Refusal policy over Super Bowl Sunday.
Last year, APD officers made 24 DWI arrests on game day. They had 12 blood draws from suspected drunk drivers who refused a breath test.
Six of the drivers tested double the legal limit…..MORE

From KXAN
AUSTIN – Austin police took 73 people to jail during the Fourth of July weekend on driving while intoxicated charges. That’s nearly triple the number of arrests during last year’s “No-Refusal” Independence Day weekend.
However, in 2010, Austin Police Department only implemented the “no-refusal” policy for one day. This year, mandatory blood and breath tests were done for the entire 4-day weekend as a part of the first state-wide no refusal effort. ….MORE

From KXAN
AUSTIN – Austin Police are gearing up for a wild night downtown for Fat Tuesday celebrations. The “no refusal” program will be in full force. That means police will draw blood from suspected drunk drivers if they are pulled over and refuse a breathalyzer. The “no refusal” mandate gets under way at 9 p.m. and lasts until 5 a.m. Wednesday. ….MORE

From Statesman.com:
The Austin Police Department will enforce a “No-Refusal” initiative for Mardi Gras on Saturday, March 5, 2011 and Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Both days the initiative will start at 9 p.m. and end at 5 a.m. the following morning…..MORE