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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned that the Costa Mesa Police will be stopping cars at Bristol Street and Randolph Avenue from 6 to 11 p.m. Tuesday to check drivers’ licenses and look for drunk drivers.

Advance publicity of the DUI checkpoints is one of the criteria California courts use in determining the legality of a checkpoint if it ends up being challenged.

The high courts have not ruled on the legality of stopping cars to check for drivers’ licenses, but have upheld DUI checkpoints for two decades, even if they are not as effective as DUI roving patrols, our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers think.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers have learned that the Orange County Sheriffs Department arrested two drivers for driving on suspended licenses and cited 10 others for driving without their licenses while conducting a DUI checkpoint that was part of a statewide campaign funded by the state Office of Traffic Safety.

Almost 1,400 cars passed through the Laguna Niguel checkpoint between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday, Deputy Wayne Howard said. Of those, 741 drivers were directed into primary screening and 27 drivers were directed to secondary screening.

Five drivers were given field sobriety tests, but none were found to be driving while impaired. Ten vehicles were towed. Two teen drivers were cited for driving in violation of their provisional driver’s licenses.

Since the campaign began Aug. 20, 188 drunken drivers have been arrested countywide. The campaign will continue until Sept. 6, with additional DUI checkpoints and roving saturation patrols planned for cities countywide. Patrols can consist of from one patrol car to 10 specifically targeting drunken drivers, Howard said.

Deputies also are targeting people who have not shown up on court warrants. They will be arrested at their homes and taken directly to court, Howard said.

The summer campaign is in its first of three years, and it’s the impound fees for unlicensed drivers, plus the matching funds from the Federal Government, that make checkpoints particularly profitable, even if they are not at all effective in removing drunken drivers from the street (roving patrols are much more effective).

“So they will be hit pretty hard,” Howard said. “It’s kind of an all-out blitz.”  Our Orange County DUI lawyers continue the good fight.  Call us anytime.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers want to make sure you’re aware of where the DUI checkpoints are this weekend in Orange County.

From 7 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday, a DUI/DL checkpoint will be up somewhere in Laguna Niguel.

During those same hours, DUI saturation patrols are scheduled in some of the bars and restaurants in La Habra.

The campaign has scheduled “DUI Taskforce Operations” from 2-3 a.m. Saturday in Buena Park, La Habra and Placentia, and saturation patrols during the same hours in Anaheim.

Finally, La Habra holds a DUI/DL Checkpoint from 7 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday.  Our Orange County DUI lawyers want you to be safe this weekend, people.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Our Rancho Cucamonga Criminal Defense Attorneys have learned that a Driving Under The Influence And Drivers License Checkpoint  –8/27/2010, will take place in Rancho Cucamonga

On Friday, August 27, 2010 Deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department will be conducting a D.U.I. and Drivers License Checkpoint in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The checkpoint will be conducted between the hours of 6 P.M and 2 A.M.

Deputies will be screening for intoxicated drivers and checking for valid drivers’ licenses. This operation is funded by a grand awarded to the City of Rancho Cucamonga by the California Office of Traffic Safety through National Highway Safety Administration, and in fact such funding can be a major source of cash for police agencies.

Our Rancho Cucamonga DUI attorneys were sent this press release from  Jason Frey, Deputy
Rancho Cucamonga Police Department
Traffic Division
(909) 477-2817

Drive safely.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Arrests Planned for All Orange County DUI Drivers Now Through Labor Day

Our Orange County DUI lawyers have learned that between August 20 and September 6, several California counties will join an intense nationwide crackdown on drunk driving. The campaign is called “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit: Under Arrest.” Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County are among participating counties in California.

In Orange County, officers will conduct 5 checkpoints, 1 multi-agency DUI Task Force operation, 10 local roving DUI saturation patrols, a court sting operation, and a warrant/probation sweep targeting Orange County DUI repeat offenders. During the campaign, all impaired drivers will be arrested, according to officials involved in the campaign. Those arrested during the sweep are being threatened with jail time, loss of a driver’s license, fines, and possibly being ordered to use ignition interlocks.

According to officials involved with the program, fatalities and injuries due to alcohol in California have decreased significantly since the enforcement campaign began, from 1,780 in 2007 to 1,317 in 2009.

This blog always lists the locations of dui checkpoints orange county ca. For more specific information about the locations of the checkpoints in Orange County, click here. To read more about the locations of the checkpoints in Los Angeles County, click here.  And, you can always contact our Orange County DUI Lawyers, anytime, at (714) 568-1560.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Orange County Man Receives 15 Year Sentence for Killing Bicyclist

Our Orange County DUI lawyers have learned that a Garden Grove man was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing a bicyclist for a drunk driving crash that occurred in 2008.

The man already had a DUI conviction from 2002 and had attended nine months of alcohol awareness crashes. In October 2008, the individual had taken two different types of painkillers, an anti-anxiety drug, a muscle relaxant and alcohol before he went out one evening to run some errands. He was on his way home when his truck ran over a curb and hit and killed a 45 year old mother bicycling with her son. His blood-alcohol level was measured at .09 over an hour after the crash. The legal limit in California is .08. His alcohol level at the time of his 2002 DUI was 0.25.

The driver was convicted of second-degree murder after the District Attorney argued that he showed a “conscious disregard for life” when he killed the bicyclist. The judge ruled before trial that the jury would not be allowed to consider a lesser charge of vehicular manslaughter. The judge found that he was not completely remorseful and was an alcoholic with drug issues.

The driver will be eligible for parole in about 13 years because he has already served almost two years in prison before the conviction. His lawyer, who is one of the better known Orange County DUI Lawyers in this area, are planning an appeal.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have the results of the recent Irvine Police Department DUI Checkpoint. Irvine police arrested one suspected drunken driver during a checkpoint at Jeffrey Road and Barranca Parkway Saturday night.

They stopped 301 vehicles, issued 43 tickets, and conducted five sobriety tests of people who were not drunk, according to an Irvine Police Department press release. (That’s a 0.003% arrest rate, if you’re keeping track).

Publicity of the checkpoints is one of the criteria California courts use in determining their legality, under the Ingersoll decision factors.

As do other local police departments, Irvine conducts checkpoints as part of a state grant program, which often can be very lucrative for police agencies, even though they are not nearly as effective as roving patrols in getting drunk drivers off the road.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The “Avoid the 12” DUI Task Force will be conducting DUI roving patrols in the cities of Mission Viejo, Lake Forest and Rancho Santa Margarita on Friday, July 16, 2010.  These Multi-City DUI teams will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions.

The goal of the program is to reduce the rate at which the citizens of Orange County are killed or injured in DUI-related collisions.  Through implementation of these events, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department hopes to significantly reduce deaths, injuries and property damage in each of our contract cities.

Orange County Sheriff’s Department Deputies are committed to working hand-in-hand with their contract city partners in providing a safe environment for the motoring public.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

For more information contact our Orange County DUI Lawyers at 714-568-1560.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Costa Mesa, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled on Harbor Boulevard/Ford Road, Saturday, June 19, 2010

The Costa Mesa Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Saturday, June 19, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., at Harbor Boulevard/Ford Road, in the area where a number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred, our Orange County DUI Lawyers are told.

Officers will screen drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for a valid driver’s license.

Drivers found to be under the influence of alcohol or other drugs will be arrested, and unlicensed drivers will have their vehicles towed, which can be a significant source of income for police departments.

If you have any questions for an Orange County DUI lawyer, call me, anytime, at (714) 568-1560.

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – Costa Mesa

Monday, August 30th, 2010

DUI checkpoint nets four

Four people were arrested on suspicion of DUI during a checkpoint on May 29. Laguna Beach Police were helped by Buena Park Police in the program, the second of four DUI-license checkpoints of the year targeting southbound drivers in the 31000 block of Pacific Coast Highway, Kravetz said.

The checkpoint, which took place from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., saw 1,928 vehicles pass through. Of those, 705 vehicles were stopped by officers and drivers were checked for sobriety and possession of a valid driver’s license. Then people were given field sobriety tests, and four were arrested.

Three drivers were found be unlicensed.  If you need the advice of our Orange County DUI Lawyers, call me, Robert Miller, at 714-568-1560, anytime.