Alcohol plays a part in 72 percent of all arrests made in Wyoming, thats according to a new study from Johnson and Associates, a consulting firm studying the effects of alcohol on crime rates in Wyoming. Ernie Johnson, director of services for Johnson and Associate, spoke at an invitation-only gathering of politicians and policy makers Tuesday afternoon in an attempt to galvanize the group into creating a community initiative to change local and state laws to curtail the abuse of alcohol. According to statistics gathered by the University of Wyoming, in 2010, there were 18,946 arrests in Wyoming. Of those arrests, 76.9 percent were male, 20.88 percent were female and another 2.22 percent were listed as “unknown sex,” which Johnson attributed to the arresting officer not checking a box on while filing the arrest report. Of those arrests, 10 percent were out of state visitors while 6 percent were of in-state visitors.
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