The results are in from the recent “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” enforcement campaign conducted from Nov. 25, 2010 through Jan. 2, 2011. In Pierce County, 606 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). Statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 3,577 drivers for DUI.

In Pierce County, the Bonney Lake, Buckley, DuPont, Fife, Fircrest, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Milton, Orting, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Sumner, Tacoma and University Place Police Departments, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Patrol participated in the extra emphasis patrols, with the support of the Tacoma-Pierce County DUI and Traffic Safety Task Force. The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

During 2009, impaired drivers killed more than half of the 491 people who died on Washington’s roadways. The 264 impaired driver-involved deaths last year represent a decrease of nine fatalities compared to the previous five-year average.