AVOID the 13 –Sonoma County DUI Task Force
Fourth of July Holiday Crackdown
Final Results
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 5, 2012
AVOID the 13 –Sonoma County DUI Task Force
Fourth of July Holiday Crackdown
Final Results
[Sonoma County, CA] – The AVOID the 13 Sonoma County DUI Task Force is reporting the final results of enforcement and education efforts over the last two day special DUI campaign. The task force conducted a DUI checkpoint on Tuesday, July 3rd, in Petaluma and deployed county-wide DUI patrols over the last two days. Law enforcement in Sonoma County recorded 15 arrests for DUI. There were also 2 alcohol involved injury collisions that injured 2 people. There were no reported DUI fatal collisions.
Below is a summary of prior campaign periods.
DUI Arrests Injury DUI Collisions Injured Victims Fatal DUI Collisions Fatal Victims
2011 58 0 0 0 0
2010 63 2 2 0 0
2009 49 0 0 0 0
MEDIA NOTES: To schedule an interview regarding impaired driving efforts and programs in California please contact Chris Cochran, California Office of Traffic Safety at (916) 509-3063 or via email at [email protected].
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The Petaluma Police Department serves as the lead agency for the regional DUI enforcement efforts in Sonoma County to reduce alcohol-involved fatalities and injuries and raise general public awareness regarding the problems associated with drinking and driving. Participating agencies include Police Departments from the cities of Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Windsor, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department, Sonoma County Probation Department, Sonoma State University Police Department, Santa Rosa Junior College Police Department, ABC, MADD, and the California Highway Patrol. Grant funded activities include DUI checkpoints, DUI saturation patrols, DUI Task Force Operations and Warrant/Court Sting operations for repeat DUI offenders during the Memorial Day, Fourth of July, August-Labor Day Mobilization, Winter Holiday Mobilization, and other designated Special Events and holidays with identified DUI problems. AVOID the 13 is a collaborative enforcement and education effort between the 13 law enforcement agencies in Sonoma County. For further information go to www.californiaavoid.org.
CONTACT: Officer Ron Klein
Petaluma Police Department – Traffic Team
707.776.3721 office
Email: [email protected]
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Address/Location
Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 707-778-4372