Late last month, the Traffic Alcohol Booze Bus did a three-day blitz where they had a total of 22 drivers fail the three stages of testing - passive test, screening test and evidential test.
Of those, they were evenly split between those who received an infringement notice, $200 fine and 50 demerit points for allegedly blowing between 250mcg and 400mcg, while the others were summonsed to court for allegedly blowing more than 400mcg.
Murray said it wasn't a specific demographic offending, but teenagers through to retired people and both professionals and those unemployed. A professional in Clive blew a reading of 984mcg.
Not only are they active on the streets, they are finding it is a case of getting to the root cause and preventing it from happening.
Murray said the simple message to adhere to for a safe journey was "don't drink or drug drive".
Senior Constable Andy Clinton said people's attitude towards drinking while driving needs to change.
"You can cause a lot more harm from drink driving. We call it a ripple effect whereby if there's a crash it effects so many other people at the same time.
"They see us yet they continue to drink and drive and that not only puts themselves at risk but everyone else at risk and our job is to keep the road safe for our community.
"That is what we will continue to do as soon as the message starts to get through, as simple as that," Clinton said.
