The results are in from the recent Drive Hammered, Get Nailed enforcement campaign conducted during the Thanksgiving through New Year's holiday season by police officers from Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac, Tukwila and other jurisdictions.

In King County, 876 motorists were stopped and arrested for driving under the influence (DUI), and statewide, law enforcement officers arrested 3,577 drivers for DUI.__

The extra patrols were funded by a grant from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. __During 2009, impaired drivers killed more than half of the 491 people who died on Washington's roadways. The 264 impaired driver-involved deaths last year represent a decrease of nine fatalities compared to the previous five-year average.

For additional information about the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, visit www.wtsc.wa.gov._