City of Austin
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The 2022 4th of July Weekend No Refusal initiative resulted in 41 Driving While Intoxicated arrests. The operation happened each night from June 30th thru July 4th between 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Total DWI arrests during No Refusal period= 41
Blood Search Warrants: 16
Consent Breath Samples: 24
Consent Blood Samples: 1
From the list of those arrests, the following number had additional DWI charges:
Consent Breath Samples over .15 = 10
Class A Misdemeanor DWI (with prior conviction) = 4
Felony DWI (2 or more prior convictions) = 5
Felony DWI Child Passenger = 1
Intoxication Assault = 0
Intoxication Manslaughter= 0
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