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975 Arrests in 8 Days in #LACounty. More to Come Because So Many Drivers Refuse to #DriveSober

 

Avoid the 100 Los Angeles County DUI Campaign

 

 

 

 

SUMMER/LABOR DAY AVOID DUI CAMPAIGN – SATURDAY UPDATE 6

 

The Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 100 DUI deployments overnight in Los Angeles County.

 

From 12:01 AM Friday August 16, 2013 through midnight Friday, August 23, 2013 officers representing 100 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 975 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2012, 888 DUI arrests occurred during the same eight day time period. (**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report**)

 

DUI arrest data collection will continue through midnight Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2013. Avoid programs, named for the number of police agencies in each county, will conduct multiple/DUI driver’s license checkpoints, multi-agency DUI task force operations and DUI patrols region wide during 18-day Summer/Labor Day Campaign (see below enforcement schedule).

 

Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make your community safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

 

 

 

Enforcement Schedule

Saturday, August 24

DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (East) in City of Arcadia (Participating agencies: Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, CHP, LAPD)

DUI Checkpoint – El Monte

DUI Checkpoint – Norwalk

DUI Checkpoint – South Pasadena

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DUI Checkpoint – CHP West L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – LASD – San Dimas

CUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Southwest Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Topanga Area

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Long Beach

DUI Patrol – Pomona

 

Sunday, August 25

DUI Checkpoint – Claremont

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Long Beach

Wednesday, August 28

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – LAPD Hollywood Area

 

Thursday, August 29

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Southeast Area

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Bellflower

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

 

Friday, August 30

DUI Checkpoint – Inglewood

DUI Checkpoint – Pasadena

DUI Checkpoint – Redondo Beach

DUI Checkpoint – Vernon

DUI Checkpoint – CHP East Los Angeles

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Santa Fe Springs

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - West Valley Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - 77th Street Area

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Malibu

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Norwalk

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Glendora, Azusa, Irwindale, Covina, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, and CHP

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – San Gabriel

DUI Patrol – Whittier

 

Saturday, August 31

DUI Checkpoint – El Monte

DUI Checkpoint – Long Beach

DUI Checkpoint – San Gabriel

DUI Checkpoint – Torrance

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Antelope Valley

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Altadena

DUI Checkpoint – CHP East L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Santa Fe Springs

DUI Checkpoint – CHP South L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Los Angeles

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Valley

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DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Rampart Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Northeast Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Devonshire

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – Whittier

DUI Patrol – CHP Santa Fe Springs

DUI Patrol – LAPD - 77th Street Area

 

Sunday, September 1

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Los Angeles

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – LAPD Southeast Area

 

Monday, September 2

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

Media Notes

 

: Reporters are invited to ride along with law enforcement or may join Task Force & checkpoint operations in your region throughout the Campaign by contacting one of the PIOs listed. This schedule is subject to change and all DUI Activity may not be listed at the time of print but will be updated daily on the website: www.californiaavoiod.org

 

Funding for the "Avoid" program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

 

PIO CONTACTS:

Sr. CSO Wendy Brewer

, Glendora Police Dept., (626)852-4826

Inv. Victor Gomez

, Gardena Police Dept., (310) 925-0111

Dep. Daniel Dail,

LA County Sheriff’s Dept. (323)890-5400

Off. Don Inman

, LAPD, (213) 486-0703

Off. Vincente Ramirez

, CHP, (818) 240-8200

 

 

Forwarded by: Mike Parker, Captain

Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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