Friday, December 28, 2007
DUI Patrol successful in Northern California
Authorities stop scores of drivers in Lamorinda DUI sweep
DUI patrol successful in Northern California
12/28/2007
A California DUI patrol in Lamorinda netted 10 California DUI arrests Thursday night, California DUI police said. Eight drivers were arrested for California DUI driving under the influence; two more were arrested for outstanding California DUI Drunk Driving warrants.
Between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m., 25 California DUI officers from eight East Bay agencies stopped 126 vehicles in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda, said Lafayette Police Chief Michael Hubbard. They issued 15 citations and performed California DUI field sobriety tests on 34 drivers.
The effort was part of the Avoid the 25 anti-DUI campaign, named for Contra Costa County's 25 California DUI police agencies.
Officers chose to do a saturated California DUI patrol rather than a California DUI checkpoint because of the rain, which makes it more dangerous for California DUI officers to man a California DUI checkpoint, Hubbard said.
"We were thrilled about the results," Hubbard said. "We took some very potentially dangerous drivers off the road. The sad part of those statistics is we still have people drinking and driving."
DUI patrol successful in Northern California
12/28/2007
A California DUI patrol in Lamorinda netted 10 California DUI arrests Thursday night, California DUI police said. Eight drivers were arrested for California DUI driving under the influence; two more were arrested for outstanding California DUI Drunk Driving warrants.
Between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m., 25 California DUI officers from eight East Bay agencies stopped 126 vehicles in Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda, said Lafayette Police Chief Michael Hubbard. They issued 15 citations and performed California DUI field sobriety tests on 34 drivers.
The effort was part of the Avoid the 25 anti-DUI campaign, named for Contra Costa County's 25 California DUI police agencies.
Officers chose to do a saturated California DUI patrol rather than a California DUI checkpoint because of the rain, which makes it more dangerous for California DUI officers to man a California DUI checkpoint, Hubbard said.
"We were thrilled about the results," Hubbard said. "We took some very potentially dangerous drivers off the road. The sad part of those statistics is we still have people drinking and driving."
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 1:32 PM 
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