Drunk drivers didn't have far to go last night as the Idaho State Police were out patrolling the highways as part of a federal grant they received for dui enforcement.
Six of them took over highway 93 and 30 to illustrate that they have a zero tolerance policy for drunk drivers.
Sgt. Kevin Haight says, "It also gives the state funding to make sure we have enough manpower out there to make a difference. On an emphasis like this and really saturate an area that has proven to be a real problem area over the last few years."
Together the state police took four people to jail while making contact with dozens of others.
Each one looked for suspicious behavior from the drivers and conducted field sobriety tests when necessary.
Michael Wendler says, "We do try to get out here as much as we can although we don't have as many troopers as we like to and provide the coverage that the public needs."
One of the newest tools to this ISP regional office is the portable breathalyzer instrument.
This device allows ISP to reach remote areas that they weren't able to reach before.
Michael Wendler says, "It was instrumental in our dui emphasis here tonight. We were able to work the U.S. 93 all the way down to Jackpot which has been difficult in the past without one of the portable breathalyzer instruments and take the drunk drivers down there before they had a chance to get much further in Idaho."