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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned that the Seal Beach Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI and drivers license checkpoint on Friday, July 29 at the intersection of 1^st Street and PCH between 6:00pm and 3:00am.

Although the Seal Beach Police Department claims that DUI checkpoints are a proven effective method to apprehend drunk drivers, statistics say that roving saturation patrols are much more effective.  The Seal Beach Police Department says that drivers will be checked to ensure that they have a valid driver’s license, and the impounds fees from persons driving without a valid license, are a significant source of revenue for law enforcement, according to UC Berkeley.

Archive for July, 2011

Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting DUI roving patrols on Friday, July 29, 2011. These Multi-City DUI teams will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions, and this time it will be in the Cities of Villa Park and Stanton.  Roving Patrols check for persons that appear to be driving under the influence, and then test further.  As always, if you have a DUI, please call me for questions at (888) 292-8888.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers have learned that Orange County agencies are approved to be soon receiving $3.5 million for driving-under-the-influence enforcement and other traffic-safety programs, the state’s Office of Traffic Safety announced Wednesday.

Grants include: $100,000 for Irvine’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Education Program; $150,000 will go to Garden Grove for a DUI enforcement and awareness program; and $331,380 will go to Santa Ana for a traffic-enforcement program.

If you have questions for our Orange County DUI Lawyers, call anytime at (877) 568-2977

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned that the Tustin Police Department is holding a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday.

Officials are not releasing the location of the checkpoint, which will be held from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. somewhere in Tustin.  Be careful out there.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers have learned that, although no DUI-related traffic fatalities were reported in Orange County over the July 4 holiday weekend, the number of arrests at sobriety checkpoints was nearly double that of last year, authorities reported.

The Avoid the 38 DUI task force concluded its weekend with the completion of three sobriety checkpoints along with multiple DUI saturation patrols. From midnight Friday, July 1, through midnight Monday, July 4, officers representing 38 county law enforcement agencies arrested 211 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

In 2010, there were only 108 DUI arrests during the four-day holiday weekend.

Deputy Wayne Howard of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department attributes the increase in arrests to an increase in grants given to law enforcement to apprehend drunk drivers.

More agencies are applying for the grants from the state Office of Traffic Safety, Howard said, and the money frees up officers to spend time on saturation patrols.

“Enforcement is getting more aggressive,” Howard said. “It’s just by the grace of God that we didn’t have fatalities this year. Experts estimate we catch only 1 to 2 percent of the drunk drivers out there. That means 20,000 people were driving drunk in Orange County just over the four-day weekend. That’s what truly scares me.

“We will continue to show zero tolerance, and anyone caught driving with a (blood alcohol content) of .08 or higher will be arrested,” Howard said.

Law enforcement officials will be conducting more Avoid Anti-DUI efforts throughout the county and region in partnership with the nationwide 18-day campaign in August ending Labor Day weekend.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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On July 2^nd, 2011, the Irvine Police Department conducted a sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint between the hours of 9:00 P.M.  and 2:00 A.M.  The checkpoint took place on Culver Drive at Farwell in the City of Irvine.

The checkpoint was clearly marked and vehicles were checked on a pre-set basis to ensure objectivity.  Motorists were given an informational brochure on impaired driving.  Driver’s licenses were checked, and trained officers evaluated possibly impaired drivers.

This checkpoint was staffed by sworn officers, and professional staff from the Irvine Police Department, as well as by community volunteers from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).  If you have questions for a Newport Beach DUI Lawyer, contact me at (877) 568-2977.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints:

Friday, July 29th, 2011

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Our Orange County DUI lawyers have learned that from 12:01 AM Friday July 1, 2011 through Midnight Saturday July 2, 2011 officers representing 38 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 83 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol  or drugs.  In 2010 47 DUI arrests occurred during the same 48 hour time period. There were no DUI related deaths reported so far in Orange County during this 4-day campaign period.