SPANISH SPRINGS — Out of more than 1,000 cars stopped Sunday afternoon, law enforcement officers made five arrests for driving under the influence during a holiday weekend campaign.

Between 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., deputies from the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Reno and Sparks police departments and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers screened 1,008 vehicles at a checkpoint on Pyramid Highway near Egyptian Drive. During those six hours, 22 cars were directed to the secondary screening area and five were arrested for DUI.

NHP spokesman Trooper Chuck Allen said two to four DUI arrests are common for the volume of traffic seen at these types of holiday checkpoints.

“Based on the volume, (five arrests) is pretty significant,” he said.

With the busy Labor Day holiday weekend and predictability of extra law enforcement patrolling the roads, Allen said it is a little surprising to still have that number of impaired drivers come through a checkpoint.

The NHP is contracted to monitor Pyramid Highway through midnight Tuesday for those returning from the Burning Man festival.

The joint enforcement grant program is one of the many Nevada Office of Traffic Safety’s proactive safety initiatives coordinated with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to provide grant funding for special enforcement campaigns, education, equipment and training throughout the year.

Other enforcement campaigns include DUI saturation patrols and checkpoints, speed enforcement, traffic signal enforcement at identified high-accident intersections and crosswalk and pedestrian safety enforcement initiatives.