Authorities have made more than 1,700 DUI arrests statewide as part of a holiday task force that began Thanksgiving weekend.

Officers assigned to a statewide holiday DUI task force that began last month have now made more than 1,700 arrests, and patrols aren't over yet.

State troopers are stepping up DUI patrol following a deadly start to the holiday weekend during a month that has already seen record numbers of DUI arrests.

Comments ( No comments posted. ) The Atlantic Beach Police Department will conduct a DUI patrol deployment on Dec. 28 in the 1400 block of Mayport Road, according to a press release. The deployment will begin after 7 p.m. and last until approximately 2 a.m., according to police.

SHASTA LAKE -- Three arrests were made during a DUI checkpoint and saturation patrol conducted here Friday evening.

PHOENIX - Officers assigned to a statewide holiday DUI task force that began last month have now made more than 1,700 arrests.

POWAY -- Sheriff's deputies will conduct a driver's license checkpoint Friday, then sweep the city for suspected DUI drivers.

DUI arrests during last weekend were down 40 percent from the same weekend last year.

BLOOMINGTON -- Police are asking for the public�s help in finding a 37-year-old man accused of failing to appear in court on felony DUI charges.

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