by frazgo
L.A. County DUI arrests up 43% over last year’s July 4th
July 7, 2013 at 7:02 pm in Holidays, Law, Law Enforcement
There must be a lot of folks sitting with their heads on their hands going “man did I eff up this time”. DUI arrests this year are 490 compared to 343 a year ago for the same period. Thats a lot of sorry folks looking at huge legal bills, fines and some jail time. What happened?
This from nixle:
“Community: 490+ DUI Arrests So Far in #LACounty: Independence Day Weekend AVOID #DUI Campaign (Multi-Agency Update 3)
Avoid the 100 (policing agencies) Los Angeles County DUI Campaign
The Independence Day Weekend Anti DUI crackdown is reporting DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 100 DUI deployments in Los Angeles County.
From 12:01 AM Thursday July 4, 2013 through midnight Saturday 6, 2013 officers representing 100 county law enforcement agencies have arrested
490 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. (**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report**). Last year during the same time period there were a total of 343 arrests for DUI.
Law enforcement officials are continuing DUI efforts throughout the county and region. DUI arrest data collection will continue through midnight tonight. Additionally, CHP throughout the state have all available officers patrolling freeways and county roads throughout the weekend for their Maximum Enforcement Period.”
For Sunday July 7th, the following police activity will be taking place:
DUI Patrol- El Segundo
DUI Patrol- Gardena
DUI Patrol- Hawthorne
DUI Patrol- Hermosa Beach
DUI Patrol- Huntington Park
DUI Patrol- Inglewood
DUI Patrol- Long Beach
DUI Patrol- Manhattan Beach
DUI Patrol- Palos Verdes Estates
DUI Patrol- Redondo Beach
DUI Patrol- Santa Monica
DUI Patrol- Signal Hill
DUI Patrol- South Gate
DUI Patrol- Torrance
DUI Patrol- Vernon
DUI Patrol- LAPD Harbor
DUI Patrol- LAPD Devonshire
DUI Patrol- LASD
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make your community safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Charles Farley said on July 8, 2013
Arrests could also be up because of the beating law enforcement took in the press earlier last month where their checkpoints yeilded no results:
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/03/local/la-me-ln-1021-drivers-pulled-over-at-dui-checkpoint-none-were-drunk-20130603
http://www.mrcheckpoint.com/two-dui-checkpoints-yield-zero-arrests/
Guess they didn’t want to look like fools this time.
Anonymous said on July 26, 2013
thats crazy, majority of my family and friends stayed locally and did not travel much. As a family, we are very aware of the risks and never drink and drive.
Not safe, harmful, plus uber is amazing!