The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section released statistics related to the offenses associated with driving while intoxicated for the year to date.

The Corpus Christi Police Department made 362 arrests by April 1, 2014 for Driving While Intoxicated or Driving Under the influence which is a 27% increase from the same time last year. There were 284 arrests for Driving While Intoxicated or for Driving Under the Influence by April 1, 2013 with a total of 1,203 total arrest for D.W.I. or D.U.I. in 2013. There were 154 D.W.I. arrests made in the month of March 2014 was an all time record high for a month surpassing the previous high record of 135 set in March of 2013.

The Corpus Christi Police Traffic Safety Section further recorded the following statistics:
2014 DWI Stats

359         D.W.I. Arrests as of April 1, 2014
3              D.U.I. Arrests as of April 1, 2014
135         Suspects consented to give a sample of their breath
92           Suspects consented to give a sample of their blood
128         Suspects refused to give a sample of breath or blood and a search warrant was obtained
4              Suspects refused both blood and breath request, and no evidence was obtained

40           Felony DWI cases. 20 for DWI with two or more prior convictions
10 for intoxicated assault
9 DWI with Child Passenger
1 intoxicated manslaughter

.16          Average Breath /Blood results from suspects
103         DWI arrest were involved in Traffic Crashes.

The Corpus Chrisit Police urge everyone to designate a driver before they choose to consume alcoholic beverages.