Hillsborough sheriff's Halloween weekend DUI operation ends with 20 arrests
Deputies made 219 traffic stops countywide during Operation Ghost Patrol, the sheriff's office says.
TAMPA - Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies arrested 20 people on DUI charges over Halloween weekend during a countywide enforcement operation, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said in a release Monday, Nov. 2.
During the operation, called Operation Ghost Patrol, deputies made 219 traffic stops and wrote 19 traffic citations, according to the release. The sheriff's office did not name anyone arrested or say where in the county the arrests happened.
"Irresponsible decisions, especially when so many children and our community were out celebrating Halloween, were met with arrest," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in the release.
The sheriff's office urged drivers to plan a safe ride home with a designated driver or a rideshare.
Source: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office release 26-184, Nov. 2, 2026: "20 Arrested During Halloween DUI Operation" (read 6:15 a.m. EST Nov. 3, 2026).