Utah, Nevada officials’ safety operation sparks DUI, drug arrests

UTAH, Oct. 12, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah Highway Patrol is calling the latest safety operation a “massive team effort, including troopers from Tooele & Salt Lake County, UTIP, DUI Squad, State Bureau of Investigations, and partners such as UDOT, Wendover PD, Tooele County Sheriff’s Department, & Nevada Highway Patrol, focused on making our roads safer.”

Troopers and officers from many other agencies set up Friday night on Interstate 80 near the Utah and Nevada border.

“​This area of I-80 on the border of Utah and Nevada was chosen because of a history of dangerous crashes and wrong-way drivers caused by impaired drivers,” a Utah Highway Patrol social media post says.

Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety

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