how do you spell $revenue$??? dui tickets. with 1,540 arrests in december for victimless DUI crimes the cops will pull in $1,925,000 in revenue!!! thats with a minimum fine of $1,250 for a first time DUI ticket. repeat offenders raise even more revenue for the cops! Original Article 1,540 arrested for DUI in Dec. Chris Ramirez The Arizona Republic Jan. 4, 2006 12:00 AM Despite weeks warning against drunken driving via billboards and TV spots, thousands of Southeast Valley motorists apparently didn't get the message. Police arrested 1,540 suspected drunken drivers in December, the bulk of them between Christmas and New Year's Eve, according to statistics released Monday by the East Valley Holiday DUI Task Force. Of them, 440 were charged with extreme DUI and 108 with aggravated DUI, both felonies. "I don't want to call it a freshman class, but . . . there's apparently a lot of drinkers out there who aren't familiar with how aggressive we are on DUI here," said Chandler police Sgt. Charles Cote, a spokesman for the multi-agency task force. Nearly 125 officers from jurisdictions that include the Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe police departments joined forces to run saturation patrols around the Southeast Valley to look for impaired drivers. The patrols ran Dec. 9-31, the weeks immediately following Thanksgiving, when DUI arrests typically go up. In all, 9,363 people suspected of being under the influence were stopped in December. Nearly 10 percent - 131 - of those arrested during the holidays had DUI histories, Cote said. State law considers people legally drunk if their blood-alcohol content level is above 0.08, but they can be charged with extreme DUI if their BAC is more than 0.15. People can be charged with aggravated DUI if: They are arrested for their third or more DUI within 60 months. They get a DUI with a suspended license stemming from a previous drunken driving matter. Or they have a child under 15 in the car at the time of the arrest. Drivers under 21 are not allowed to have any alcohol at any time. First-time misdemeanor drunken-driving offenders can expect to spend at least one day in jail and pay a fine of about $1,250. A person convicted of extreme DUI will spend a minimum 10 days in jail and face heavier fines. The Motor Vehicle Department also will suspend the driver's license for at least 90 days. Source: The East Valley Holiday DUI Task Force.