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The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 100 DUI deployments during the past several days in Los Angeles County, police said.
From 12:01 AM Friday, December 14, 2012 through midnight Thursday officers representing 100 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 1,480 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2011, 1,849 DUI arrests occurred during the same 14-day time period.
For New Year’s Eve holiday weekend and the final five days of the campaign, DUI saturation patrols, DUI checkpoints and other DUI details will be deploying throughout L.A. County ending the 19-day campaign.
The California Highway Patrol will be deploying all available officers for their Maximum Enforcement Period during the New Year’s holiday weekend beginning tonight at 6:00 PM until midnight Tuesday, January 1st.All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts.
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. DUI arrest data collection will continue through New Year’s weekend, midnight Tuesday, January 1, 2013.
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