The Independence Day Weekend Anti DUI crackdown is reporting DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 12 DUI deployments in Stanislaus County. From 12:01 AM Friday July 1, 2016 through Midnight Monday 4, 2016 officers representing 12 county law enforcement agencies arrested 26 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. There were no DUI deaths over the weekend.
Law enforcement officials will be conducting its next major Avoid DUI campaign throughout the county and region during the 18 Day Summer 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 motorists 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.
Deputy Patrick McCulloch
Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department
(209) 869 7162
[email protected]
