DUI Arrests Down & no DUI Fatalities
The Memorial Day Weekend Avoid the 17 – DUI Campaign has concluded with the deployment of one Sobriety Checkpoint, 2 special DUI Saturation Patrols and officers on routine patrol focusing special attention towards the impaired driver working to lower deaths/injuries on our streets and highways.
From 12:01 AM Friday, May 24, 2013 through Midnight Monday, May 27, 2013 officers representing 17 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 104 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2012, 135 DUI arrests occurred during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
There were no DUI deaths overnight. Last year there were no DUI deaths reported.
(**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with many agencies yet to report**)
These numbers are in comparison to last years’ totals during the same 4 days of the Memorial Day weekend 2012. Law enforcement officials will be conducting more Avoid Anti-DUI efforts throughout the county and region during the Independence Day holiday period and the 18 day campaign in August ending Labor Day weekend.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to watch and report impaired drivers each and every trip around town or during summer vacations: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1! anytime you encounter that dangerous driver. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
MEDIA NOTE: Avoid programs, named for the number of police agencies in each county, will be conducting other enforcement efforts during special events with identified DUI problems. In recognition that the summer season is among the deadliest time of the year, law enforcement agencies throughout the county will be making every effort to arrest drunk drivers before another life is lost.
