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2 DUI checkpoints Friday in Petaluma

Thursday, at 12:09 by

Sonoma County’s Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force plans two DUI/license checkpoints on Friday night in Petaluma. The locations aren’t being disclosed by the task force, in which all of the county’s police agencies participate, but they’ll be from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday. The checkpoints are part of a more than two-week campaign by the Avoid the 13 to try to prevent DUI-related crashes, to deter drunken driving and to arrest those who drink and drive anyway.… Read More »

CHP cracking down on naughty Christmas drivers

Thursday, at 7:46 by

Every available CHP officer, including those in Sonoma County, will be on patrol for the long Christmas holiday weekend, looking particularly for drunken drivers. Called the “Maximum Enforcement Period,” it’s one of several the CHP holds during the year to get drunks off the road during certain holidays and to try to ensure everyone gets to their home or relative’s home safely. This weekend’s stepped up traffic enforcement starts at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Christmas Day.… Read More »

19-day Sonoma County crackdown on DUIs to get under way

Wednesday, at 5:10 by

Sonoma County police officers for 19 days will be cracking down on DUI drivers. The county’s Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force will begin its annual, stepped-up Christmas-New Year’s enforcement on Friday, with a DUI/license checkpoint at an undisclosed location. The checkpoint will be one of four the task force will hold during its winter campaign, which ends Jan. 1. “Lots of folks will be out during this busy holiday season, enjoying themselves and the holiday festivities, and we want… Read More »

3 DUI/license checkpoints this weekend

Thursday, at 6:08 by

Police in Sonoma County plan three DUI/license checkpoints this weekend. Santa Rosa officers will run a checkpoint from 7 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday at a location police won’t disclose. The Avoid the 13 Sonoma County DUI Task Force, in which all county police agencies participate, will hold two checkpoints, also at undisclosed locations. But odds are good that at least one of them will be in Petaluma because Petaluma police coordinate the task force. Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken… Read More »

18-day DUI crackdown under way in Sonoma County

Thursday, at 6:05 by

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… Read More »

DUI enforcement blitz this weekend

Friday, at 6:09 by

Police across Sonoma County will be out in force this weekend looking for drunken drivers. On Friday night, two DUI/license checkpoints will be held by the county’s Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force, which involves all of the police agencies in the county. Then on Saturday night, Santa Rosa police will hold a separate DUI checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the city. Like Friday night’s checkpoints, police aren’t saying where those operations will be. In addition, the… Read More »

Cinco de Mayo DUI crackdown

Thursday, at 6:37 by

Police across Sonoma County on Saturday will be sending out extra officers targeting DUI drivers on Cinco de Mayo. The added enforcement, which begins at noon, is part of the county’s Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force in which all police agencies in the county belong to. The CHP also will send out saturation patrols. “Cinco de Mayo is a special opportunity to gather with friends and co-workers for chips, salsa and margaritas, celebrating California’s rich cultural diversity.  It is… Read More »

DUI crackdown this St. Patrick’s weekend

Thursday, at 2:26 by

Extra police officers will out on patrol this weekend looking for DUI drivers. It’s part of Sonoma County’s anti-DUI Avoid the 13 task force, and it’s being conducted this weekend because Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, a time when some people celebrate a bit too much and then drive. The extra officers will hit the streets at 6 p.m. Friday, with the extra enforcement ending at 6 a.m. Sunday. “Whether you are meeting a few friends at the local pub… Read More »

2 DUI/license checkpoints this weekend

Friday, at 7:43 by

Sonoma County’s anti-DUI task force wraps up its annual winter holiday crackdown this weekend with two DUI/license checkpoints. Officers from police agencies in the county also will be out on special DUI patrols, looking for DUI suspects, searching for those with DUI warrants and conducting random DUI probation and parole checks of those convicted of drunken driving. As is typical, the Avoid the 13 task force won’t say where or what nights the two checkpoints will be. But any checkpoint… Read More »

Anti-DUI patrols hit Sonoma County roads Friday night

Friday, at 2:45 by

Going out drinking tonight? Maybe just a few glasses of wine over dinner? Beware. Sonoma County’s Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force will be out in force Friday night looking for DUI suspects. The patrols involving 25 officers from 13 of the county’s police agencies will start a bit after 5 p.m. and will last until 3 a.m. Saturday. The extra enforcement is part of the task force’s Christmas-New Year’s Eve campaign targeting drunken drivers. Since Dec. 16, when the… Read More »