Hutchinson police report one DUI arrest out of 122 stops in impaired-driving campaign
Officers also arrested one pedestrian under the influence, a charge the department's post does not explain
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Sign up freeAccording to results the department posted to social media, Hutchinson police made 122 traffic stops during their latest You Drink. You Drive. You Lose. crackdown, writing 10 citations and 112 warnings and arresting one driver for DUI. The post does not give start or end dates for the campaign; the department announced Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, that it would add impaired-driving patrols ahead of Labor Day.
The department said the overtime patrols, which targeted impaired drivers while enforcing Kansas traffic laws, were supported by a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The post does not say how much the grant was worth or how many hours of patrol it paid for.
You Drink. You Drive. You Lose. is a recurring statewide, KDOT-funded program in which Kansas law enforcement agencies add patrols, typically around holidays, to target impaired drivers. The Hutchinson campaign was the second such push in Reno County this summer, after sheriff's deputies ran a two-week DUI crackdown with added patrols in July.
"While this campaign may be over, our agency will always be vigilant in our enforcement of Kansas traffic safety laws," the department said in the post.
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