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Number of California DUI Arrests Up for 2009 Holiday Season

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

The California Highway Patrol reported that it made 71 DUI arrests in Los Angeles County over the holiday weekend. And although this was more than double the number last year, there were no deaths reported. Keep in mind these statistics are just for L.A. County?just for DUI arrests that the CHP made?and just from Christmas Eve. Statewide, the number of DUI arrests was in the high hundreds. And for the holiday period beginning December 18th until Christmas Day, the number of California DUI arrests was in the thousands. For the last few weeks, California law enforcement agencies have been warning motorists that they would be conducting California DUI ?saturation? patrols and would operate an increased number of DUI sobriety checkpoints. With all the grants that have been pouring into these agencies to combat drunk driving, police better respond with arrests.continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).