Bad DUI arrests keep climbing in TN.

Because WSMV-TV keeps documenting more and more cases of sober drivers being arrested for DUI, we wanted to know how often it’s happening.

We found DUI tracker reports from the District Attorney General Conference issued quarterly.

In the first six months of the year, 2,944 DUI arrests resulted in guilty convictions.

But 374 DUIs were either dismissed or what’s called “nolled” meaning a district attorney opted not to prosecute.

One quarterly report read, “Unfortunately, we are seeing more and more cases being dismissed or nolled.”

But a spokeswoman for the conference confirmed that they don’t know why the cases are being dismissed or nolled, only each district attorney’s office knows that.

More than 370 DUI’s dismissed in TN in first six months of 2024 (wsmv.com)