Orange County DUI Checkpoints Labor Day, 2009

The Avoid the 38-Orange County DUI Task force announced its officers will be out in full force during the Labor Day holiday period.

A combined effort by officers and deputies of the Orange County’s Police Departments and Sheriff’s Department will make this one of the largest efforts to date combating DUI. They will join thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies throughout the nation as they take part in the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” crackdown on impaired driving. The enforcement blitz will last through the holiday weekend.

This data reveals a 9 percent reduction in deaths from 2007 as compared to 2008, the last year with full data.

“Drunk driving is simply not worth the risk. Not only do you risk killing yourself or someone else, but the trauma and financial costs of a crash or an arrest for impaired driving can be significant,” said Chief John Welter. “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 caught over the limit, you will be placed under arrest.”

The national Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest. impaired driving crackdown is a program organized by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that focuses on combining high-visibility enforcement with heightened public awareness through advertising and
publicity. The Program is funded trough the California Office of Traffic Safety who reminds everyone to please – Report Drunk Driving – Call 9-1-1!

This year’s effort is supported by $13 million in paid-national advertising to help put everyone on notice that if they are caught driving impaired, they will be arrested.

For more information, visit www.StopImpairedDriving.org and www.californiaavoid.org.

Orange County Summer Labor DUI Enforcement Schedule of Operations
ORANGE COUNTY LABOR DAY ENFORCEMENT SCHEDULE

Anaheim, CA] – Orange County’s Avoid the 38 is announcing its upcoming enforcement operations for the Summer/Labor Day weekend DUI Mobilization in partnership with Law Enforcement Agencies Nationwide. This is a joint venture combining the Enforcement programs of the Avoid the 28 and the Avoid the 10, managed by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The following schedule of operations, dates, and locations are provided for media release.

• DUI/DL CHECKPOINT- Fri, Sept. 4, 2009 1900-0300, City of Dana Point
• DUI TASKFORCE OPERATIONS – Sat, Sep 5th, 2009, 2000-0200, City of La Habra
• DUI Saturation Patrols – Sat, Sept. 5th, 2009 2000-0300, County of Orange
• DUI Saturation Patrols – Sun. Sept 6th, 2009 2000-0300, County of Orange

• 30 additional DUI Saturation Patrols (see below) – Fri. Aug 21st, through Mon. Sept. 7th. (Note: A saturation patrol is where large numbers of trained patrol officers drive looking for activity indicative of DUI).

Orange County agencies will be conducting a total of 30 Saturation patrols funded by the Avoid Grant in the cities of Brea, Buena Park, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, La Habra, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Seal Beach, Westminster and the University of California at Irvine and the California State University at Fullerton.

Additional information about the Avoid Program and operational plans from around the region can be found at www.californiaavoid.org.

(The above was sent to our Orange County DUI Lawyers as a press release from the Avoid the 38 program, and is presented as information for your use this weekend. If you have questions related to DUI, call us at 714-568-1560).

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