Crime & Safety
DUI Task Force Out This Weekend In Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale
Local law enforcement is urging safe driving over the holiday weekend.
PHOENIX, AZ — If you're planning to ingest any celebratory substances this weekend, don't get behind the wheel.
The Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe police departments, along with the Department of Public safety, will have a DUI Task Force on patrol this Labor Day weekend, Friday through Monday, according to a news release from the Scottsdale Police Department.
The Task Force's goal is to seek out impaired drivers and to get them off the road before they hurt themselves or someone else, police said.
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"As always, the best choice someone can make, should they plan on consuming alcoholic beverages or using recreational marijuana, is to find some other form of transportation that does not involve them operating a motor vehicle," Scottsdale police said in the news release. "Please Drive Safely or find an alternate way home."
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