'Tis the season to expect DUI patrols in Whitehall

As part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown, law enforcement agencies across Montana will deploy extra patrols for the specific purpose of deterring and detecting impaired drivers during the Holiday season. Saturation patrols for DUI enforcement are set through Jan. 1, 2017.

“We hope that knowing we have extra officers on the roads will be an added incentive for folks to plan a sober ride home,” stated Captain Gary Becker with the Montana Highway Patrol.

DUI arrests are part of an ongoing effort to reduce deadly drinking and driving in the state. In the last decade impai...