DPS holiday enforcement begins this Friday

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This week before Christmas, many will be having office parties to celebrate Christmas and show appreciation to staff and families for their service in 2017.

Celebrations usually involve liquid refreshments of the alcoholic variety.

So that you don’t end up spending Christmas away from home, but at the Territorial Correctional Facility, he forewarned that the Department of Public Safety will have a holiday enforcement as it does each year.

Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson says the roadblocks will begin this Friday, December 22 and will continue till January 5.

He said roadblocks will be set up in various locations. Some roadblocks will be stationary while others will be moved around.

The pattern from previous years is that alcohol related arrests including driving under the influence, public peace disturbance and assault, remain stable during Christmas week but as the countdown to the new year begins, there’s always a surge in arrests fueled by liquor.