Drunk Driving Police in California on High Alert

The Labor Day holiday typically marks the end of summer, and people tend to spend the three-day weekend barbecuing and partying with friends and family.
The weather is warm and the drinks will be flowing, but if you're planning to consume alcohol, California drunk driving police are warning that they will be looking for you.

Beginning tonight, authorities throughout the Bay Area are embarking on a four-day campaign to keep the roads free of drunken drivers.

Alameda County sheriff's deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and police from all cities will be on the lookout for California drunk driving / intoxicated drivers, said deputy Marty Neideffer, a spokesman for the Avoid the 21 campaign.

"Usually people are having the last fling of the summer, and the warmer it is, the more people drink," he said.

CHP officers will conduct roving patrols on area freeways, sheriff's deputies will be saturating the county's roads seeking California drunk driving / drunken drivers and police in each city will be on high alert looking for potentially dangerous California drunk driving / drivers.

Locally, Newark police have scheduled a California drunk driving / sobriety checkpoint for Monday evening, and teams of officers will be patrolling city streetsall weekend looking for California drunk driving / intoxicated drivers, Newark police Officer Karl Fredstrom said.

Fremont and Union City police are not planning to conduct California drunk driving / sobriety checkpoints, but officers in both cities also will be cracking down on dangerous California drunk driving / drivers.

One twist in this year's Labor Day weekend enforcement is the scheduled closure of the Bay Bridge, Neideffer said.

Authorities believe that California drunk driving / DUI arrests will be higher than normal this year because people will opt to stay away from San Francisco and spend more time in the East Bay.

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