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The city of Oxford saw 63 arrests for driving under the influence last month, giving January 2021 a higher number of DUI arrests than any other January since 2016, according to the Oxford Police Department weekly crime logs.
January 2021 had at least 25 more arrests than January 2020, 2019 and 2016. While January 2017 and 2018 reported higher arrests, they do not surpass last month’s total DUI arrests.
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Oxford Police Department public information officer Breck Jones said that the number of DUI arrests in January was an increase from arrests made in December, as well. Approximately three times the number of DUI arrests occurred in January 2021 than December 2020.
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