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"DWI arrests are spiking in Rio Rancho, up 56 percent from 2011.\u201CIt\u2019s scary because you realize everywhere you go at any given time in Rio Rancho you could be stumbling across a drunk driver,\u201D said Judge G. Robert Cook.The numbers spiked after the city began its DWI Task Force and started cracking down on the problem.\u201CThey\u2019re finding more drunk and impaired drivers, just processing more, they're being more efficient at catching people who are drinking and driving,\u201D said Cook.Cook also said the city\u2019s increasing population and growing number of bars, restaurants and casinos contribute to the spike. He said it\u2019s why he\u2019s hosting a town hall meeting Saturday to try to find solutions.\u201CI really hope we can take something from these and the leaders of our community can make changes to our laws if necessary and address some of the issues,\u201D said Cook.Cook said the problem isn\u2019t limited to drunken driving, he said it\u2019s also about people driving high.\u201CFind somebody else to drive, lay off the med if you can,\u201D he said. \u201CWhatever you got to do from endangering the other people on the street.\u201DThe town hall meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in Rio Rancho\u2019s City Hall.Cook said he hopes it\u2019s the first in a series of discussions on the matter.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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