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Californians Beware of Heightened DUI Patrols this Thanksgiving Weekend

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

Holiday weekends are notorious for yielding high DUI arrests. Especially here in California, where 2010 was labeled ?the year of the checkpoint.? Officers are out in full force on the lookout for drivers who appear to be under the influence. This holiday weekend is a little different. For some reason, California law enforcement agencies haven?t really released their DUI / driver?s license checkpoint schedules. Perhaps this is because the grants for these checkpoints have run out as the end of the year approaches or perhaps they just haven?t publicized their schedules yet. Either way, make no mistake about it, cops will be on heightened alert. Whether counties are deploying extra DUI saturation patrols or are setting up sobriety checkpoints, the vigilance begins tonight as the holiday weekend officially kicks off...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).