Tickets issued in alcohol patrols
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office conducted both a saturation patrol and DUI check lane operation on Saturday.
The saturation patrol, countywide between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., stopped 52 vehicles and resulted in:
• 37 tickets for no seat belt.
• 16 speeding tickets.
• One arrest for an outstanding warrant.
• One arrest for DUI.
During the DUI check lane, conducted between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 a.m. Sunday, in the 700 block of East 23rd Street, deputies made contact with 548 vehicles, resulting in:
• 32 drivers given field sobriety tests.
• Five of those resulted in a DUI arrest.