Thurs, Dec 30th DUI Saturation Patrol, 2000-0300, City of Poway
Thurs, Dec 30th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Carlsbad (Mini Grant Checkpoint)
Fri, Dec 31st, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Coronado (Avoid Grant Checkpoint)
Fri, Dec 31st, DUI Saturation Patrol, 2000-0300, City of La Mesa
Fri, Dec 31st, DUI Saturation Patrol, 2000-0300, City of Poway
Sat, Jan 1st, DUI/CDL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Lemon Grove (Mini Grant Checkpoint)
Sat, Jan 1st, DUI/CDL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Chula Vista (Mini Grant Checkpoint)
Sat, Jan 1st, DUI Saturation Patrol, 2000-0300, City of Poway
Sun, Dec 2nd, DUI/CDL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Chula Vista (Mini Grant Checkpoint)
DUI Arrests Down; With One Suspected DUI Related Fatality Reported
The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests being made during local traffic enforcement details and special Avoid the 14 DUI deployments in San Diego County.
From 12:01 AM Friday December 17, 2010 through Midnight Wednesday, December 27, 2010 officers representing 14 county law enforcement agencies have arrested and booked into custody 444 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
In 2009, 544 DUI arrests and bookings occurred during the same 11 day time period.
As part of the Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown members from multiple law enforcement agencies in San Diego County conducted a DUI warrant sweep operation on December 24, 2010.
An attempt was made to serve 37 recently issued arrest warrant on DUI offenders.
Of those, four (4) suspects were contacted and the warrants cleared.
Although DUI arrests are down considerably from last year there has tragically still been one death attributed to a drunk driver thus far this holiday season in San Diego County! The collision resulting in the death occurred on December 18, 2010 and is currently being investigated by the El Cajon Police Department.
(Please contact the El Cajon Police Department for details)
Over the next few days there will be DUI checkpoints, Multi-Agency Task Force Operations and Saturation Patrols conducted by the law enforcement agencies in the San Diego County Avoid the 14.
All of the details will be focused on making the roads safer for all motorists during the holiday travel by removing DUI offenders from the equation.
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore reminds all motorists, “If you are going to drink, please have a safe ride arranged before the end of the night.
” He continued, “If you make the bad choice to drink and drive, you will be caught and taken to jail by one of the law enforcement agencies in the county.
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 Sunday, January 2, 2011.
MEDIA NOTE: Please visit the AVOID website at www.californiaavoid.org for more information the on campaign’s DUI Enforcement, statistical date on DUI arrests and DUI fatal crashes from earlier enforcement efforts. The checkpoint locations and saturation patrols will be made available for media opportunities or ride-a-longs each night.
