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Results of Impaired Driving Enforcement (Operation Arrive Alive, Don’t Drink and Drive).

(July 3, 2023) - The Cape Coral Police Department conducted an impaired driving enforcement (Operation Arrive Alive, Don’t Drink & Drive) on July 1, 2023, targeting impaired driving. This operation was conducted citywide and resulted in sixty citations. Two drivers were stopped without a seatbelt.

We remind and thank the motoring public for always wearing their seatbelts.

The detailed results are as follows:

OPERATION TIME: 07:00 p.m. - 02:00 a.m.

TOTAL TRAFFIC STOPS: 53
WARNINGS: 12
SPEED CITATIONS: 28
SEATBELT CITATIONS: 02
MOVING CITATIONS: 47
NON-MOVING CITATIONS: 10
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING: 01
OPEN CONTAINER (DRIVER): 00
OPEN CONTAINER (PASSENGER): 00
.02 VIOLATION: 00
CRIMINAL CITATIONS: 03
CITATIONS (TOTAL): 60
DUI ARRESTS: 01
ARRESTS (OTHER): 02(traffic)

Downs

ARRESTED: Martin Anton Downs (W/M 07-30-1971, 2136 SW 12th Ave)

CHARGES:

DUI-Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

The operation was paid for with FDOT sub-grant funding. Cape Coral currently ranks 7^th out of 37 agencies in Impaired Driving for traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the Highway Safety Matrix – Ranking of Florida. To improve traffic safety in the City, the Department has partnered with FDOT’s Traffic Safety Office to bring additional enforcement and education through the implementation of saturation patrols.

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