DUI Checkpoints & Crime on the Road, Sobriety Checkpoints

Avoid the 38 – Orange County”

Holiday DUI Enforcement begins Friday

Regional & Statewide Holiday Crackdown – 300+ DUI Checkpoints Planned

SANTA ANA, CA – Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, 11,773 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. In California 1,029 were killed on state and local roads driving with a .08 BAC or higher with another 28,457 injured in Alcohol Involved Collisions.

That is why “Avoid the 38 – Orange County” announced today they will be joining with law enforcement across California and the nation from December 18th to January 3, 2010, to take part in the ‘Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest’ crackdown on impaired driving. Across the state there will be 300 DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints, DUI Task Force operations, and hundreds of local DUI roving patrols in an effort to make this holiday season free from another senseless dunk driving death.

“We continue to see far too many people suffer debilitating injuries and loss of their loved ones as a result of impaired driving. This careless disregard for human life must stop,” said Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. “To help ensure that this happens, the “Avoid the 38” partners are dedicated to arresting impaired drivers. To help, we ask everyone; Report Drunk Drivers, Call 9-1-1!”

“Avoid the 38 – Orange County” law enforcement agencies will staff officers at ten (10) checkpoints, a Multi-Agency DUI Task Force in the cities of Placentia, Buena Park, La Habra and Fullerton as well as dozens of local DUI Patrols in nearly every community in Orange county. CHP will be staffing 80% of all available officers during the four day Christmas and New Year holiday weekends.

“Drunk driving is simply not worth the risk. Not only do you risk killing yourself or someone else, but the trauma and financial cost of a crash or an arrest for impaired driving can be significant,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “Violators often face jail time, the loss of their driver’s license, higher insurance rates, attorney fees, time away from work, and dozens of other expenses. So don’t take the chance. Remember, if you are over the limit, you are under arrest.”

This DUI Enforcement Campaign is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For more information visit www.californiaavoid.org & www.Stopimpaireddriving.org.

NOTE: All non-local statistics are from CHP’s State Wide Integrated Traffic Records System 2008 provisional data, the California Department of Justice, and the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System.

See attached Schedule of Enforcement Operations of Dates/Times and Locations of County DUI Operations this Campaign Period.

SHERIFF-CORONER DEPARTMENT
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CALIFORNIA
550 NORTH FLOWER STREET – P.O. BOX 449
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702-0449
(714) 647-7042
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Orange Winter Holiday Enforcement Schedule

Santa Ana, CA – Orange County Avoid the 38 is announcing its upcoming enforcement operations for the Winter Holiday DUI Campaign. The following schedule of operations, dates, and locations are provided for media releases.

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Anaheim

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Buena Park

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Garden Grove

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Placentia (OTS Mini-grant)

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Cypress

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Westminster

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Stanton

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 2030–0200, City of Orange

Fri, Dec 18th, DUI Saturation Patrols, 2000-0300, City of Anaheim

Sat, Dec 19th, DUI/CDL CHECKPOINT, 1900-0300, City of Garden Grove

Sat, Dec 19th, DUI Saturation Patrols 2000-0300, City of Anaheim

Sat, Dec 20th DUI TASKFORCE OPERATIONS, 2000-0200, City of Placentia, Buena Park, La Habra, Fullerton

Sun, Dec 20th, DUI Saturation Patrols 2000-0300, City of Fullerton

Sat, Dec 26th DUI Saturation Patrols, 2000-0300, City of Anaheim

Thurs, Dec 31st, DUI Saturation Patrols, 2000-0300, City of Anaheim

Sat, Jan 2nd 2010, DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 1900-0300, City of Stanton

In addition the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as well as Police Departments for the cities of Brea, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, La Habra, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Placentia Westminster and California State University at Fullerton will be holding DUI Saturation Patrols in their jurisdictions over the Mobilization Period

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