Escondido, California – Police Launch Program To Combat DUI Deaths And Injuries
By admin • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: NewsDISCLAIMER - Any Charges Reported in these Press Releases are Merely Accusations and the Defendants are Presumed Innocent Unless and Until Proven Guilty.test
The Escondido Police Department has been awarded a new traffic safety grant for a year-long anti-DUI program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on our roadways. New enforcement measures to combat impaired driving are coming as a result of a recent $362,000 grant awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety to the City of Escondido. The Escondido Police Department is dedicated to keeping our streets safe through both enforcement and education.
Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said, “Working in partnership with the California Office of Traffic Safety has been an excellent way for the Escondido Police Department to further its mission of making the roads in Escondido safer for the motoring public.”
The special DUI Enforcement and Awareness grant is to assist in efforts to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol and other drug related collisions. The grant activities will specifically target impaired driving offenders as well as educate the public on the dangers of impaired driving. This will be done through the use of DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, warrant searches and stakeouts for repeat DUI offenders, saturation patrols, and court stings targeting DUI offenders with suspended or revoked driver licenses who get behind the wheel after leaving court.
Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, over 11,700 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.
“Last year in California 1,029 died in alcohol impaired crashes, a 9 percent reduction in deaths from 2007,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the Office of Traffic Safety. “This grant will help keep that trend going by getting drunk drivers off the roadways of Escondido, making it safer for everyone.”
Drunk Driving; Over the Limit, Under Arrest. Report Drunk Drivers, Call 911
DATE: 11/04/2009
CONTACT: Lt. C. Wynn
PHONE: (760) 839-4901
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