Thanksgiving DUI Enforcement Campaign Begins This Weekend in Colorado

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published November 17, 2017 at 2:43 PM MST

Colorado authorities are cracking down on drunk driving for the Thanksgiving holiday. In a release, the Colorado Department of Transportation says law enforcement agencies will create checkpoints and increase patrols between November 17th and November 27th. Last year, over 500 people were arrested in Colorado for drunk driving during the Thanksgiving holiday. Police remind drivers to make sure they are sober before getting behind the wheel, or finding someone to drive for them if they’re not.

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Austin Cope

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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