Sonoma County police agencies on Friday launch an 18-day campaign to crack down on drunken drivers.
The county’s Avoid the 13 task force, which includes all police agencies in the county, will hold DUI/license checkpoints, conduct DUI warrant sweeps and DUI probation checks and send out officers on patrols looking for DUIs. The campaign is part of a national police effort against drunken driving, and similar local and national efforts are held several times a year around major holidays.
As well, Santa Rosa police plan a DUI checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday. As usual, police declined to say where.
Funding for the Avoid the 13 campaign and Santa Rosa checkpoint comes from the state Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Makai
I recently lost a Friend to alcoholism, but not from driving, although she did have 2 previous DUI’s. Her liver and kidneys just shut down, and within two week she was dead.
My point, please, if you drink, DON’T DRIVE! If you drink, STOP! And if you don’t drink, DON’T START!
And to the agencies involved in this crackdown, please take their vehicle away even if it’s the first time. We’ve seen way to many drunk drivers kill people in Sonoma County lately.
August 16th, 2012 11:37 pm
ER
I ran into the traffic backup for this checkpoint on hwy 12 between Farmers and Mission. I was intending to run a quick errand though wanted to go to a pet store near Pricketts, which was on the other side of this checkpoint. I had no intention of going thru the checkpoint so was able to do a legal u-turn at a signal and go elsewhere. I was surprised to see a checkpoint at 7:00pm Friday (though the article says it started at 6:00pm) unless the police wanted to catch people who had gone to Happy Hour after work.
August 18th, 2012 1:33 pm
bill
such a huge waste of precious tax dollars for these roadblocks that line the pockets of a few cops and produce very few drunken drivers….most of the drunks are from 911 calls from citizens..yet these fruitless exercises continue because of fed funds that are not properly overseen for effectiveness………and the continued yelps from MAD.
August 26th, 2012 4:29 am