The Walton County Sheriff’s Office, DeFuniak Springs Police, Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation made one DUI arrest during a four-hour checkpoint March 13. Law enforcement set up in an area where there is believed to be a high rate of drunk driving and drunk driving accidents. The checkpoint resulted in 524 stops but only four arrests. Just one was for DUI and the other three were for driving with a suspended license.
While the officers were light on DUI arrests, they did issue 48 Florida traffic citations and eight written warnings. The story did not break down what types of traffic tickets were issued during the stops. It did go into details on seat belt violations and the number of traffic deaths related to drivers and passengers who do not buckle up on Florida’s roadways.