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South Bay DUI Arrests Up 20 Percent During Holiday Season

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

A South Bay DUI crackdown resulted in 20 percent more DUI arrests, reports the Mercury News. In 2006, 716 arrests were made of drivers suspected to be operating their vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and drugs; the figure rose to 859 between December 14 and January 1. The California Highway Patrol?s holiday crackdown put large numbers of officers on the roads, with 80 percent of the Patrol?s officers deployed along with ?roving DUI units? designed to track down potential DUIs. Among Bay Area law enforcement, San Jose police led the arrest count, with Palo Alto and Morgan Hill police departments following closely behind. Unfortunately, there was one alcohol-related death on the road during the crackdown period when Palo Alto man Enrique Tejada died during a Christmas Eve wreck...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on April 01, 2008 (boomark / email).