Getting handcuffed, having fingerprints and a mug shot taken, and being booked into jail can happen if you get arrested for driving under the influence – even if you have a clean record.
Over the last five years, DUI arrests by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office increased 22%, climbing from 172 in 2020 to 210 last year. On a positive note, in the past two years, such arrests fell 7%, from a high of 225 in 2023.
While arrests have recently dipped, deputies are seeing some troubling trends…