Date:

January 1, 2006

For More Information Contact:

Officer Katherine Finnell, Public Information Officer, 441-7226

During the month of December the Lincoln Police Department conducted a visible enforcement effort by officers to remove drug and alcohol impaired drivers from our roadways. With an assistance of an overtime grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety on-duty officers were supplemented with additional officers during peak enforcement times. Officers made 173 DWI arrests during the month of December.

There were no fatal traffic collisions in Lincoln during the month of December. Lincoln had 11 people die in car accidents in 2005 in 10 fatal collisions.