Bay Area agencies stepping up DUI enforcement through Labor Day
Bay City News Service
Posted: 08/21/2009 11:17:24 AM PDT
Updated: 08/21/2009 11:17:26 AM PDT
Law enforcement agencies throughout the Bay Area will be targeting drunken drivers during the next two weeks with checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the region.
The California Highway Patrol will be watching the roads for drunken drivers and will be conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight in unincorporated San Mateo County on state Highway 1 at Pescadero Road. The checkpoint will run between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Saturday.
Fairfield police will also be conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight. The checkpoint will begin at 7 p.m. in the 2000 block of North Texas Street, and will last until midnight, according to police.
San Francisco police officers will be conducting a DUI checkpoint somewhere in the city between 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday. Santa Rosa police officers will also be conducting a checkpoint Saturday.
On Saturday and Sunday, law enforcement agencies in San Mateo County will be targeting the "worst of the worst" DUI offenders with sweeps directed toward people who failed to show up for a court date or violated terms of their probation in a DUI case.
Officers are being deployed throughout the county to homes and businesses to clear court warrants, some of which have been on the books for more than a year.
"There are literally thousands of DUI warrants in the system. Some of the people are hoping they can put it off for a long time and not have to deal with it," Diane McCarthy, who is overseeing the
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program, said in a statement.
"We're letting the public know that if they don't take care of their warrant by going to court, we're going to come find them and take them to jail," McCarthy said.
A Santa Clara County DUI task force, made up of the members of the sheriff's office, the CHP, and local police departments, will also be cracking down on drunken drivers in an enforcement blitz that will last through the Labor Day weekend.
A similar task force will be out in full force in Contra Costa County over the next two weeks.
"Make no mistake. Our message is simple. No matter if you're driving or riding a motorcycle - if we catch you driving impaired, we will arrest you," Contra Costa County sheriff's Sgt. David Cook said in a statement.
"We will be out in force to get more drunk drivers off the road and save lives that might otherwise be lost," Cook said.
In 2008, 1,029 people died in alcohol-involved collisions in California, according to the state's Office of Traffic Safety.
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Bay City News Service
Posted: 08/21/2009 11:17:24 AM PDT
Updated: 08/21/2009 11:17:26 AM PDT
Law enforcement agencies throughout the Bay Area will be targeting drunken drivers during the next two weeks with checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the region.
The California Highway Patrol will be watching the roads for drunken drivers and will be conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight in unincorporated San Mateo County on state Highway 1 at Pescadero Road. The checkpoint will run between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Saturday.
Fairfield police will also be conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight. The checkpoint will begin at 7 p.m. in the 2000 block of North Texas Street, and will last until midnight, according to police.
San Francisco police officers will be conducting a DUI checkpoint somewhere in the city between 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday. Santa Rosa police officers will also be conducting a checkpoint Saturday.
On Saturday and Sunday, law enforcement agencies in San Mateo County will be targeting the "worst of the worst" DUI offenders with sweeps directed toward people who failed to show up for a court date or violated terms of their probation in a DUI case.
Officers are being deployed throughout the county to homes and businesses to clear court warrants, some of which have been on the books for more than a year.
"There are literally thousands of DUI warrants in the system. Some of the people are hoping they can put it off for a long time and not have to deal with it," Diane McCarthy, who is overseeing the
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program, said in a statement.
"We're letting the public know that if they don't take care of their warrant by going to court, we're going to come find them and take them to jail," McCarthy said.
A Santa Clara County DUI task force, made up of the members of the sheriff's office, the CHP, and local police departments, will also be cracking down on drunken drivers in an enforcement blitz that will last through the Labor Day weekend.
A similar task force will be out in full force in Contra Costa County over the next two weeks.
"Make no mistake. Our message is simple. No matter if you're driving or riding a motorcycle - if we catch you driving impaired, we will arrest you," Contra Costa County sheriff's Sgt. David Cook said in a statement.
"We will be out in force to get more drunk drivers off the road and save lives that might otherwise be lost," Cook said.
In 2008, 1,029 people died in alcohol-involved collisions in California, according to the state's Office of Traffic Safety.
Copyright © 2009 by Bay City News, Inc. "... republication, re-transmission or reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.
