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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

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Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers have been enjoying St. Patrick’s Day, but we need to warn you of a few checkpoints and saturation patrols this evening and this weekend.

First, in Irvine, The Irvine Police Department will deploy a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Thursday, March 17, 2010 at Jamboree Road and Alton Parkway, in the City of Irvine as part of their ongoing campaign to spend state funds and utilize MADD volunteers to have DUI checkpoints in the city.  Alcohol-impaired fatalities have declined substantially in recent years – down 26 percent since 2006 when the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and law enforcement began placing increased emphasis on funding toward sobriety checkpoints.  Driving under the influence related deaths declined by 7.6 percent in California between 2008 and 2009 alone.  However, it’s not due to checkpoints, which are money makers for the police departments.  The unfunded DUI saturation patrols are the current technology that has the highest rates of apprehending persons drunk driving.  The checkpoint will be clearly marked and vehicles will be selected to be checked on a pre-set basis to ensure objectivity.  Motorists will be greeted and given an informational brochure on impaired driving, courtesy of the political action group MADD.  Driver’s licenses will be checked, and trained officers will direct impaired drivers to a secondary check area for further evaluation.  Most motorists will experience little delay, if any at all.

In Long Beach, The Long Beach Police Department will be conducting a citywide DUI Saturation Patrol on Saturday, March 19, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., and throughout Orange County tonight, the coordinated efforts of “Avoid the 38″, will have saturation patrols looking for people driving drunk.

If you have questions for a DUI specialist, call our Orange County DUI Lawyers at (877) 568-2977, and slainte!

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Our Orange County DUI Lawyers have learned from the OC Sheriff’s Department that the 2010/11 Winter Holiday DUI Mobilization crackdown on drinking drivers has ended and resulted in 743 arrests for DUI from 12:01 AM Friday, December 17th, through midnight Sunday January 2, 2011, officers representing Orange County law enforcement agencies arrested 743 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.  In 2009/10, 602 DUI arrests occurred during the same time period with no deaths reported.

Law enforcement officials will be conducting more “Avoid” anti-DUI efforts throughout the county and region during Super Bowl Sunday and then again for local St Patrick’s Day festivities.

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

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Our Newport Beach DUI Lawyers have learned that Newport Beach police will be ramping up DUI enforcement tonight as many people celebrating St. Patrick’s Day will have a little Irish spirit — and spirits — in them.

Three squad cars, each with two officers, will patrol the Balboa Peninsula and the rest of the city to find potential drunk drivers, police said. The six officers will complement regular police in the city.

Police will also start “Operation Trapdoor,” in which two pairs of plain-clothes officers will be spending time in peninsula bars to look for law violations.

Sgt. Steve Burdette said the undercover officers from the vice and Alcohol Beverage Control units will search for people trying to get into bars with fake identification or who are breaking other laws.

Related articles

• St. Patrick’s Day DUI Checkpoint Planned in Santa Monica (laist.com)
• Additional officers to target impaired drivers within county (theolympian.com)
• Police, Penn St. target St. Patty’s Day lookalike (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Drive Safe Not Buzzed This St. Patrick’s Day!* (theplussizemommy.com)

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Los Angeles:  Saint Patrick’s Day has become a popular occasion to celebrate with friends and family.  Unfortunately, Saint Patrick’s Day has become a field day for DUI checkpoints and for police roving patrols.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recommends the following tips:

* Plan a safe way home before the festivities begin
* Designate a sober driver
* Leave your car keys at home
* Call a taxi, call a friend or family member, or use public transportation to ensure you get home safely
* Call 911 if you see a possible drunk driver on the road
* Take the car keys away from someone who is about to drive impaired and assist them in getting home safely

In an effort to keep the streets of Los Angeles safe during the Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations, the LAPD will conduct the following sobriety checkpoints during the upcoming week:

* March 12, 2010 (Friday) in West Valley Area;
* March 13, 2010 (Saturday) in 77th Street Area;
* March 17, 2010 (Wednesday) in Wilshire Area; and,
* March 19, 2010 (Friday) in North Hollywood Area.

Additionally, the LAPD will conduct driving-under-the-influence (DUI) saturation patrols in communities served by the Harbor and Central Community Police Stations on March 14th and 21st.

Funding for the checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols is provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  We can all help make our streets safer, please report Drunk Drivers – Call 911.  For further information, please contact Officer Don Inman, Traffic Coordination Section, at 213-486-070, or, if you need the help of our Long Beach DUI Lawyers, call us at (877) 568-2977.

Related articles

• Seal Beach: March DUI Checkpoint (cehwiedel.com)
• Cypress: DUI Checkpoint On Saturday (cehwiedel.com)
• DUI Checkpoint Tonight in North Hollywood (laist.com)
• Police: Twitter used to avoid DUI checkpoints (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Orange County police agencies began a special 17-day DUI enforcement period on Dec. 18 that will last until Jan. 3 to crack down on drunken driving.

The operation is part of a statewide effort to enforce laws pertaining to motorists driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs made possible by AVOID — A Multi-Agency DUI Task Force.

On the first weekend of enforcement, Dec. 18 through Dec. 20, there were a total of 31 DUI arrests in Orange County.

During the holiday enforcement period, Orange County law enforcement officers will use sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the county to make the streets safer for drivers.

Other increased enforcement periods include mid-August through Labor Day weekend, Memorial Day weekend, Independence Day weekend, Halloween, Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo.

Law enforcement officers suggest that all community members can help by keeping an eye out for drunken drivers. Signs to look for in a suspected drunken driver include car swerving, driving too fast or slow, braking for no reason, driving with no headlights at night, or signaling one way and turning the other. If you feel you may have witnessed someone driving drunk, call 9-1-1.

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

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Orange County DUI Checkpoints – St. Patrick’s Day

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

For the drinking and/or parties before St. Patrick’s Day, the Costa Mesa Police Department are having a DUI checkpoint on March 13, 2009.  Details from the police department’s press release are at the following link:

http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/docs/pdpress/2009-03-13-DUI-CheckPoint.pdf

The Costa Mesa Police Department will be conducting a sobriety / driver license checkpoint on Friday evening, March 13, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The checkpoint will be located on northbound Harbor Boulevard, at Gisler Avenue. The checkpoint, police say, is to educate the public about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or without a valid driver license.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Drunk Driving. Over The Limit. Under Arrest.”

Sgt. Sharpnack
rsharpnack@ci.costamesa.ca.us
(714) 7544963

If you need an Orange County DUI Lawyer, call me at 714-568-1560.