Politics & Government
Narragansett to Step Up DUI Patrols this Weekend
The BAT mobile is coming to town. If you plan on driving drunk this weekend, plan on getting arrested.
NARRAGANSETT, RI—Police will be stepping up enforcement of impaired driving laws this weekend in Narragansett.
The Narragansett Police Department is welcoming the Blood Alcohol Mobile Testing Unit, or BAT, to the town beginning Friday.
The vehicle is a mobile DUI processing center of sorts, enabling police to take photographs, breath tests and fingerprints without having to drive suspects to the police station.
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The BAT also has two holding cells and a room for a justice of the peace to complete arraignments.
The department is working with the Providence Police Department and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation's Office of Highway Safety to deploy the BAT.
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"The Narragansett Police Department will staff extra patrols this weekend along with the Rhode Island State Police to reduce drunk and impaired driving," the department said in a news release. "Drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher (i.e. drunk drivers) are considered alcohol impaired by law. Working together we can help keep people safe on the road every day."
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