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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – You decide to drink and drive in Orange County during the upcoming
Memorial Day weekend, the probability that you get caught just went to high
alert. The “Avoid the
38”- Orange County DUI Task Force will be deploying officers this holiday
weekend at DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols
countywide to arrest impaired drivers who still do not get it .
While the Memorial Day weekend kicks off summertime
recreation and holiday travel, along with many college and high school graduations,
history show that next 100 days will see a rise in deaths and injuries as far too many individuals get
behind the wheel impaired.
“The “Avoid the 38” DUI Task Force will have a Zero
Tolerance policy in effect during the enforcement period” according to Sgt. Mark Daigle with the Orange County
Sheriff’s Department Traffic Bureau.
“If you are caught driving while impaired, you will be arrested and taken to jail. The impact a DUI arrest can have on a driver, as well as their family, is devastating. Think twice
before getting behind the wheel and driving impaired”.
The operation begins Friday night with DUI/Drivers License
checkpoints in the cities of Anaheim, La Habra and Rancho Santa Margarita, with
special DUI Saturation Patrols deploying in the cities of Anaheim and La Habra.
The City of Buena Park will conduct a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint
on Saturday night.
The City of Seal Beach will host a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint
on Sunday night. More local DUI Saturation Patrols will be out during the
enforcement period in the cities of Brea, Buena Park, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Irvine, Laguna
Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Placentia, Santa Ana and the University of
California, Irvine.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be deploying
Task Force Members in its contract cities. The California Highway Patrol is deploying
all available officers Memorial Day weekend onto freeways and county roads in
their jurisdiction.
“Sobriety Checkpoints are a proven deterrent along with the ‘High Visibility’ enforcement campaigns to change behavior such as drunk driving, driving unrestrained and driving distracted,” according Chris Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “Drivers who know that there is Zero Tolerance when it comes to drunk driving take measures to use a Designated Sober Driver and call 9-1-1 to report a suspected drunk driver weaving down the road ahead of them.”
Law enforcement agencies region-wide are asking for the
public’s support this holiday weekend
and all summer with the following recommendations:
- Be responsible when hosting a party. Don’t allow friends and family to drink to excess
- Always promote a Designated Sober Driver
- Report Drunk Drivers. Call 911!
Orange County
Avoid the 38 DUI Task Force Memorial Day Weekend Schedule of Operations Sobriety Checkpoint:
FRIDAY, May 27:
Anaheim Police Dept: 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the 2300 block of W. Ball Rd.
FRIDAY, May 27: La
Habra Police Dept: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Downtown Area.
FRIDAY, May 27:
Orange County Sheriff’s Dept: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the City of Rancho Santa
Margarita.
SATURDAY, May 28:
Buena Park Police Dept: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., in the Central Area.
SUNDAY, May 29:
Multi- Agency Checkpoint: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the City of Seal Beach
Saturation Patrols:
FRIDAY – MONDAY: The
Orange County Sheriff’s Department will deploy Avoid DUI Task Force
members in the
Sheriff’s Contract Cities.
Extra DUI Roving
Patrols will be assigned by police departments within the cities of Anaheim,
Brea, Buena Park, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Irvine, La Habra, Laguna Beach,
Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Placentia, Santa Ana, Yorba Linda and the
University of California at Irvine.
California Highway
Patrol Maximum Enforcement Period: CHP will assign 80 percent of all available officers
to the region’s freeways and unincorporated roads beginning 6 PM Friday through
midnight Monday.
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