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Moorpark DUI 2018 Enforcement
Nature of Incident: | Driver’s License / DUI Checkpoint | ||
Location: | Moorpark, Ca. | ||
Date & Time: | September 15, 2018. 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM. | ||
Unit(s) Responsible: | Moorpark Police Department-Traffic Bureau | ||
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DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Planned Moorpark CA – The Moorpark Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on September 15, 2018, at undisclosed location(s) within the city limits. In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes. The Moorpark Police Department supports the new effort from the Office of Traffic Safety that aims to educate all drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the label, you might be impaired enough to get a DUI. Marijuana can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs, and can result in a DUI. The deterrent effect of High Visibility Enforcement using both DUI checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols has proven to lower the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug impaired crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized proactive DUI operations are conducted routinely. DUI Checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public. In California, alcohol involved collisions led to 1,155 deaths and nearly 24,000 serious injuries in 2014 because someone failed to designate a sober driver. Over the course of the past three years, Moorpark PD Officers have investigated 54 DUI traffic collisions, which have claimed no lives but injured 35 people. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, with officers checking drivers for proper licensing, delaying motorists only momentarily. When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving, which now accounts for a growing number of impaired driving crashes. Everyone should be mindful that if you’re taking medication – whether prescription or over-the-counter – drinking even small amounts of alcohol can greatly intensify the impairment effects. Studies of California drivers have shown that 30 percent of drivers in fatal crashes had one or more drugs in their systems. A study of active drivers showed more tested positive for drugs that may impair driving (14 percent) than did for alcohol (7.3 percent). Of the drugs, marijuana was most prevalent, at 7.4 percent, slightly more than alcohol. Moorpark PD offers these reminders to ensure you have a safe night of fun that doesn’t involve a DUI:
Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving (RADD) also offers a Designated Driver Rewards program at 43 college campuses statewide: http://collegeisradd.org/campus-partners/. Local bars and restaurants provide non-alcoholic drinks and/or food specials to DD’s. Getting home safely is cheap, but getting a DUI is not! Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to be upwards of $13,500. This includes fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspension and other expenses not to mention possible jail time. Funding for this checkpoint is provided to the Moorpark Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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Prepared by: | Senior Deputy Nolan Stoyko #2979 | ||
News Release Date: | September 12, 2018. | ||
Media Follow-Up Contact: | Senior Deputy Nolan Stoyko #2979. (805)532-2711. [email protected]. | ||
Approved by: | Captain John Reilly, Moorpark Chief of Police |
Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511