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Tuesday, August 24th, 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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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Although the Orange County DUI statistics won’t be released until later today, Los Angeles stated that their DUI arrests were higher than they were in 2008. Looks like the DUI enforcement program is working, as our Orange County DUI Lawyers mentioned previously.
Los Angeles – Drunken driving arrests by the California Highway Patrol are up this New Year’s Eve holiday weekend, across both California and here in the Southland, with arrests doubling this year in Orange County, according to CHP statistics.
In Orange County, the CHP made 58 drunken driving arrests compared with 32 last year, and one death was recorded, versus none last year.
In Los Angeles County, 241 drivers were arrested by the CHP between the hours of 6 p.m. Dec. 31, 2009 and 6 a.m. today. That’s up from 202 arrests in the similar period last year.
“It’s hard to tell if people just aren’t getting the message (about drinking and driving), and this year over last there are more people driving under the influence, or if officers are just getting luckier and catching more,” CHP officer Ray Scheidnes said. “We have as many officers as possible out on the roads trying to keep people safe.”
Statewide, 1,252 drunken driving arrests were made by the CHP, up from 986 during the 60-hour time period last year.
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California, Driver's license, Driving under the influence, dui checkpoints orange county ca, Los Angeles County California, orange county, Orange County California, Task Force, United States
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Holiday DUI Arrests Down 44 Percent From Last Year
Four traffic deaths were reported over the first 60 hours of the
holiday period in Los Angeles County and arrests for drunk driving
made by CHP officers were down about 44 percent from last year’s
total.
Emelio Ramirez, 25, of Oxnard, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run
driver Christmas Eve while walking in the right-most lane of the San
Diego (405) Freeway just south of the Marina (90) Freeway.
Sheryl Thacker, 38, and Carmela Rodriguez, 64, both of San Pedro, died
Christmas Day when a van they were in crashed and rolled over on the
Harbor (110) Freeway near Pacific Coast Highway.
Information on the fourth traffic fatality, which was not handled by
the CHP, was not immediately available.
Only one traffic fatality was reported during the similar time period in 2008.
Statewide, there were 16 traffic deaths this year as compared with 18 in 2007.
Local CHP officers made 158 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6
a.m. Saturday, compared to 282 arrests in the similar period last
year, CHP
Officer Anthony Martin said.
Drunk driving arrests are down by more than a third across the state
– from 1,303 at this point in 2007 to 824 this year, Martin said.
Arrests for drunk driving by California Highway Patrol officers in
Orange County over the first sixty hours of the holiday period were
down about 20 percent from last year’s total, it was reported
Saturday.
Local CHP officers made 42 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6
a.m. Saturday, compared to 53 arrests in the similar period last year,
CHP Officer Rob Sanchez said.
Drunk driving arrests are down by more than a third across the state
– from 1,303 at this point in 2007 to 824 this year, Sanchez said.
A teenager died Saturday in the only reported traffic death in Orange
County during the period. The 19-year-old passenger, who was not yet
identified, was in a crash involving two allegedly drunk drivers, one
of whom was driving the wrong way on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway.
One fatality was also reported in Orange County during the similar
period in 2007.
Statewide 16 traffic deaths were reported as compared to 18 in 2007.
CHP-reported DUI statistics concern only the arrests made by CHP
officers, while the fatality totals cover all law enforcement
jurisdictions in California, as reports are filed with the state.
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