Full Notification

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                          March 10th, 2020
 
Sergeant Solve Loken, 310-253-6260, [email protected]
 
Don’t Rely on Luck: Designate a Sober Driver this St. Patrick’s Day
 
Culver City, Calif. – If you plan to have a few cheers for St. Patrick’s Day, remember to plan ahead and have a designated sober driver take you home.
 
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are some of the biggest drinking nights of the year, which makes it all the more important to let someone who has not been drinking take you home.
 
To help keep the public safe, the Culver City Police Department will have extra officers on patrol this St. Patrick’s Day (March 17^th) from  7 p.m. to 11 p.m., looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
 
In 2018 alone, 73 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period (6 p.m. March 16 to 5:59 a.m. March 18).
 
“If you need to ask yourself whether or not you are okay to drive, the answer is probably no,” Police Chief Scott Bixby said. “We want people to have fun, but also be responsible. Part of that responsibility is arranging for a safe way to get home.”
 
If you plan on drinking, designate a sober driver, take a ride-share, or use public transportation to get around.
 
If you ever see a drunk driver on the road, call 911.
 
Funding for St. Patrick’s Day DUI enforcement is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety.