Albert Lea Police Department officers arrested four drivers for drunken driving during a statewide enforcement campaign that ended earlier this month.

More than 300 law enforcement agencies across the state participated in the campaign, organized by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety. Participating local agencies were the Police Department and the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office.

Of the four Albert Lea arrests, three were suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and one was suspected of driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

In addition to the four DWI arrests, 24 people were cited or arrested for driving on a license that was invalid.

Other citations and arrests included the following:

22 cited for speed

one cited for lack of a seatbelt

two cited for minor drug possession

two arrested for giving false information

Across the state, there were 1,531 DWI arrests, which was up from 1,340 during the same period in 2014, according to a news release. The number included five traffic deaths where alcohol was involved, a mother driving drunk with her child in the car and a driver arrested at nearly five times over the legal limit.

“Alcohol continues to be the No. 1 contributing factor in road fatalities across our state, with 25 percent of all traffic deaths drunk driving-related,” said Albert Lea police Lt. Jeff Strom. “Every single one of those deaths is preventable.”

Strom said even though the extra enforcement is over, officers and deputies will continue to take impaired drivers off the road.

“Do your part and line up a sober ride or offer to be a designated driver to help us save lives on Minnesota roads,” he said.

A trend statewide shows that fewer people are losing their lives because of drunken driving. In 2014, 88 people died from drunken driving-related crashes, a 21 percent decline compared with 2010, when 112 people were killed.

The extra enforcement is part of the state’s Toward Zero Deaths program.