Memorial Day weekend DUI crackdown
The “Avoid the 38” Orange County DUI Task Force will deploy officers this holiday weekend at DUI/driver’s license checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols countywide to arrest impaired drivers who still don’t get the message. The Memorial Day weekend is the first holiday travel period of the summer season and, coupled with many college and high [...]
Avoid DUI Task Force will deploy extra patrols for Cinco de Mayo
The Avoid the 38 – Orange County DUI Task Force will deploy DUI saturation patrols throughout Orange County during the Cinco de Mayo weekend starting at 6 p.m. Friday, May 4. The California Highway Patrol will deploy extra patrols onto freeways and in unincorporated county jurisdictions to stop, test and arrest impaired drivers who fail [...]
DUI checkpoint tonight
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint in Mission Viejo tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Checkpoints are set up to target motorists who are driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and/or driving without a driver’s license. The program’s goal is to reduce the rate at which county [...]
Police out in force this holiday season
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be out in force looking for drunk drivers during the holiday season and other peak times. The effort is funded by a three-year $874,852 law enforcement grant called “Avoid the 12.” The program, which began last month, is aimed at making Orange County streets and highways safer by removing [...]
