Community Message: Avoid the 100 Los Angeles County DUI Campaign - #LASD Saturday Update

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Saturday December 21, 2013, 6:38 PM LASD - HQ Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff Community: Avoid the 100 Los Angeles County DUI Campaign - #LASD Saturday Update Hi Pepperdine Libboard, Avoid the 100 Los Angeles County DUI Campaign - Saturday Update Hi SHB Group, For Immediate Release: December 21, 2013 PIO CONTACTS: Sr. CSO Wendy Brewer, Glendora Police Dept., (626) 241-0605 wbrewer@glendorapd.org Inv. Victor Gomez, Gardena Police Dept., (310) 925-0111 vgomez@gardenapd.org Dep. Daniel Dail, LA County Sheriff’s Dept. (323)890-5400 Dadail@lasd.org Off. Don Inman, LAPD, (213) 486-0703, 30891@lapd.lacity.org Off. Vincente Ramirez, CHP, (818) 240-8200 ViRamirez@chp.ca.gov Winter Holiday AVOID DUI Campaign – Saturday Update 5 DUI Arrests Up from 2012 The Winter 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 overnight in Los Angeles County. From 12:01 AM Friday December 13, 2013 through midnight Friday December 20, 2013, officers representing 100 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 926 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2012, 846 DUI arrests occurred during the same eight (8) day time period. NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report. There were no reported DUI deaths overnight, but there were three major injury collisions as a result of a drunk driver which caused multiple injuries. These collisions occurred in Manhattan Beach and the South and Central areas of Los Angeles. For tonight, the following activity has been planned: Saturday, December 21 Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 Multi-agency in Covina (Glendora, Azusa, Covina, Irwindale, Pomona, La Verne, Claremont, ABC, CHP Probation and LAPD) Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 Multi-agency in Arcadia (Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Sierra Madre) Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 Multi Agency City of Huntington Park (Including LAPD) Checkpoint – El Monte Checkpoint – South Pasadena Checkpoint – CHP Altadena Area Checkpoint – CHP Baldwin Park Area Checkpoint – LAPD North Hollywood Area Checkpoint – LAPD 77th Street Area DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 Multi Agency (Glendale, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, San Fernando, Burbank) DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 Multi Agency (San Gabriel, Downey, Alhambra, Monterey Park, Montebello, Bell Gardens, Whittier) DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 Multi Agency (El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance) DUI Patrol – Long Beach DUI Patrol – Redondo Beach DUI Patrol – San Gabriel DUI Patrol – Whittier In addition to the above activity, all regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts. Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make your community safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911! Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. DUI arrest data collection will continue through New Year’s Day midnight Wednesday, January 1, 2014. 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