500 DUI Arrests by 100 police agencies in LA County leading up to 4 July. More to come. AVOID the 100, Drive Sober
(News Release) Avoid the 100 – Los Angeles County DUI Campaign
2012 INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY AVOID CAMPAIGN
UPDATE 1
Leading in to 4th of July night, nearly 500 arrests were already made by Task Force since Friday .
The Independence Day holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 100 DUI deployments which began Friday, June 29 in Los Angeles County.
From 12:01 AM Friday June 29, 2012 through Midnight Monday, July 2, 2012, officers representing 100 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 497 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Arrest statistics are still coming in and will be reported in the final report due out this week.
DUI arrest data collection will continue through midnight Saturday, July 7, 2012. Law enforcement officials are continuing DUI efforts throughout the county and region. Additionally, CHP Areas throughout the state have all available officers patrolling freeways and county roads throughout the weekend. (Note: The 2011 campaign stats were for a 5-day effort – and cannot be compared to the 9-day 2012 enforcement since the 4th of July fell between two weekends this year)
For Wednesday July 4th and the remaining of the week, the following activity is taking place (additional enforcement may not be listed but will be updated on the californiaavoid.org website):
Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) – (Conducted in the cities of El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)
DUI Patrol – CHP South Los Angeles Area
DUI Patrol – CHP Central Los Angeles Area
DUI Patrol – CHP Baldwin Park
DUI Patrol – CHP Altadena
DUI Patrol – LAPD Harbor Area
DUI Patrol – LASD Lynwood
Thursday, July 5, 2012
DUI Checkpoint – LASD Norwalk
DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Olympic Area
Friday, July 6, 2012
DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency – (Including officers from Baldwin Park, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Arcadia and Sierra Madre)
DUI Checkpoint – CHP Newhall
DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Valley
DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Pacific Area
DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Southeast Area
DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello, and Bell Gardens)
DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency – (Conducted in the cities of Glendora, Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, Covina, Azusa and Irwindale)
DUI Patrol – CHP Baldwin Park
DUI Patrol – CHP Antelope Valley
Saturday, July 7, 2012
DUI Checkpoint – San Gabriel
DUI Checkpoint – CHP Baldwin Park
DUI Checkpoint – CHP Altadena
DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Foothill
DUI Checkpoint – LAPD Mission
DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Conducted in the cities of Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, Burbank, San Marino, and San Fernando.)
California Highway Patrol Maximum Enforcement Period: CHP assigned all available officers to the region’s freeways, state highways and unincorporated roads beginning 6 PM Tuesday through midnight Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to watch and report impaired drivers each and every trip around town or during summer vacations: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1 anytime you encounter that dangerous driver.
Funding for the “Avoid” program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety http://www.ots.ca.gov/ through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.gov/
MEDIA NOTE: Please visit the AVOID website at www.californiaavoid.org for more information about anti-DUI efforts in your or community or around the state.
Avoid programs, named for the number of police agencies in each county, will be conducting other enforcement efforts during special events with identified DUI problems. In recognition that summer season is among the deadliest time of the year, law enforcement agencies throughout the county will be making every effort to arrest drunk drivers before another life is lost.
AVOID THE 100 - PIO CONTACTS:
Sr. CSO Wendy Brewer, Glendora Police Dept., (626)852-4826 wbrewer@glendorapd.org
Dep. Daniel Dail, LA County Sheriff’s Dept. (323)890-5400 Dadail@lasd.org
Inv. Victor Gomez, Gardena Police Dept., (310) 925-0111 vgomez@gardenapd.org
Off. Don Inman, LAPD, (213) 486-0703, 30891@lapd.lacity.org
Off. Vincente Ramirez, CHP, (818) 240-8200 ViRamirez@chp.ca.gov
Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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