"Colorado's St. Patrick’s Day 2024 DUI Issuance Statistics Revealed"
Colorado State Patrol reported nearly two dozen DUI arrests the night before St. Patrick’s Day, with 23 more arrests made by CSP alone between Saturday night and Sunday, and a total of 935 arrests during heightened DUI enforcement periods in 2024. Last year, 276 people were arrested for impaired driving during the same period, and in 2023, 227 people were killed in crashes involving suspected impaired driving, prompting the Colorado Department of Transportation to encourage the use of public transportation, rideshare, or designated drivers for those planning to drink.