Sturgis DUI arrests up this year

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Dan Jaffe

It has been reported that DUI arrests this year at the Sturgis Motorcycle rally are up. Each year thousands of bikers converge on Sturgis, and there is always a lot of drinking, DUI arrests, and arrests for other things.

This year, through Saturday, there were a total of 316 DUI arrests. That is up sharply from last year's 23 arrests. Injury accidents are also up to 72 and counting, from 60 a year ago. However, misdemeanor and felony drug arrests are down.

What does this mean? Are the police focusing more on DUI? That could explain the elevated arrest numbers, but doesn't justify the elevated accident numbers.

Perhaps it is a sign of the economy. More people are turning to the relatively inexpensive alcohol instead of other drugs. Only time will tell, and we may never know the exact reasons.

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