Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| State Patrol (n=48) | Local Agencies (n=1043) | |
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| Jurisdiction/Agency characteristics | mean (SD) | mean (SD) |
| Population | 6,329,505 (6,939,570) | 67,521 (313,979) |
| Black proportion | 10.0 (8.9) | 8.7 (15.3) |
| Age 15–30 proportion | 22.2 (1.2) | 21.0 (6.0) |
| Poverty proportion | 13.3 (2.7) | 15.0 (8.9) |
| Number of officers | 1227.6 (1418.3) | 88.8 (326.7) |
| Number of officers per 1 mil. (state) or 1000 (local) population | 258.4 (332.8) | 2.7 (4.8) |
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| Percent1 | Percent2 | |
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| Has ≥1 officer assigned to alcohol-related enforcement | -- | 25.3 |
| Has alcohol-related division | -- | 7.0 |
| Conducted sobriety checkpoints (in last year) | ||
| No | 25.0 | 58.5 |
| Once | 0 | 9.5 |
| Few times (state)/2–3 times (local) | 16.7 | 13.5 |
| Monthly (state)/4–5 times (local) | 25.0 | 7.1 |
| Weekly (state)/6+ times (local) | 20.8 | 11.3 |
| Daily (state) | 4.2 | -- |
| Conducted saturation patrols (in last year) | ||
| No | 4.2 | 37.3 |
| Once | 0 | 8.5 |
| Few times (state)/2–3 times (local) | 12.5 | 15.5 |
| Monthly (state)/4–5 times (local) | 41.7 | 10.8 |
| Weekly (state)/6+ times (local) | 27.1 | 27.9 |
| Daily (state) | 8.3 | -- |
| Conducted open container enforcement (in last year) | 43.8 | 41.1 |
| Drink-driving enforcement index (sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, open container) | ||
| None | 2.1 | 27.7 |
| One of three | 12.5 | 27.3 |
| Two of three | 56.3 | 28.5 |
| All three | 29.2 | 16.5 |
| How common is drinking and driving | ||
| Not common | 8.3 | 6.9 |
| Somewhat common | 52.1 | 66.5 |
| Very common | 33.3 | 26.5 |
| Resources devoted to drinking & driving enforcement | ||
| Do not work on the issue | 0 | 6.8 |
| State: 1–10%; Local 1–4% | 4.2 | 18.9 |
| State: 11–25%; Local: 5–10% | 32.6 | 30.5 |
| State: 26–50%; Local: 11–25% | 25.0 | 28.1 |
| State: 51–75%; Local: Over 25% | 22.9 | 15.7 |
| State: Over 75% | 18.8 | -- |
| Region | ||
| Wet (North Central/New England) | 41.7 | 37.5 |
| Moderate (Mid-Atlantic, Pacific, South Coast) | 35.4 | 36.8 |
| Dry (South) | 22.9 | 25.7 |
1
Not all items sum to 100% due to missing data
2
Local agency survey data weighted to account for sampling and non-response -- item not included on survey