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TUCSON - On Saturday, July 31st, 2010, the Tucson Police Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint on N. Oracle Rd. at W. Simmons Rd.

The sobriety checkpoint utilized a total of 23 officers and contacted approximately 1032 drivers.

During this deployment, officers say they made 18 Misdemeanor DUI arrests, one of which was for a person under 21 years of age. Three of the Misdemeanor DUI arrests were also charged with Extreme DUI for having an alcohol concentration above 0.150 BAC. In addition, 2 felony arrests for Aggravated DUI were also made. The average BAC for all of the DUI arrests was 0.120 BAC. In addition to the DUI related arrests, officers issued 127 other citations, contacted 18 Designated Drivers and impounded 5 vehicles.