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RECENT ANALYSIS SHOWS FEWER DRUNKEN DRIVING ARRESTS STATEWIDE BY ERIC CZARNIK eczarnik@candgnews.com
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Sterling Heights police say they have been working to keep traffic enforcement strong, even as traffic safety analysts are pointing to a reported statewide increase in fatal intoxication-related crashes and fewer drunken driving arrests over a 10-year period. A July 29 Bridge Michigan review of statewide traffic statistics revealed that fatal alcohol-related or drug-related traffic crashes have increased by around 40%, from 319 in 2014 to 445 in 2023. The analysis also concluded that, within the same time span, police in Michigan have less frequently arrested drunken drivers — an estimated 25% decrease between 35,060 arrested in 2014 and 26,408 arrested in 2023. Moreover, drunken driving arrests over that time period dipped in 67 out of 83 Michigan counties — in Macomb County, the decline was 15%, the report said. Following the Bridge Michigan report, the Michigan Department of Transportation commented on the analysis in an email, calling the statistics “troubling.” But Sterling Heights police Lt. Aaron Susalla, who is the lieutenant in charge of the department’s traffic division, had his own set of statistics to share for Sterling Heights.