LATEST NEWS: JULY 2011, Miami Beach, Florida—A Miami Beach police officer has been charged with DWI and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, after severely injuring two people while driving an ATV on the beach.

LATEST NEWS: SEPTEMBER 2011, New Hanover, North Carolina—A deputy with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has resigned after being arrested over the Labor Day weekend on a drunken driving charge.

SEPTEMBER 2011, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana—A Louisiana State Trooper received a phone call from a concerned motorist reporting a reckless driver on Interstate 10. Troopers tried to stop the vehicle but the driver refused to stop. After a 6 mile pursuit, troopers stopped the vehicle. The driver, Gerald J. Kowal of Flagstaff, Arizona appeared to be impaired and troopers placed him under arrest. After being taken to State Police Troop D, Mr. Kowai refused a chemical test.

SEPTEMBER 2011, Orange County, California—According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, this year’s statistics show a significant increase in DWI arrests as law enforcement agencies arrested more people on suspicion of driving while under the influence.

AUGUST 2011, Portsmouth, New Hampshire—A former high school driving instructor who was previously convicted of drunken driving charges and faces a pending DWI charge has now been arrested on an alcohol-related charges of driving while his license was suspended. 63-year-old Bruce Syphers of Greenland was arrested in the parking lot of the Sheraton Harborside Hotel in Portsmouth.

AUGUST 2011, Canandaigua, New York—Ontario County once again tops the state when it comes to DWI convictions. Ontario County has had the highest DWI conviction rate for 26 of the past 27 years.