A Santa Rosa assemblyman is pushing a bill that would set rules for how police run DUI/license checkpoints, particularly targeting the impoundment of vehicles and being more specific about where the checkpoints will be. But the bill is generating some waves in the state’s law enforcement community. Assemblyman Michael Allen, [...]
Here's the scorecard from last weekend's DUI/license checkpoint in Santa Rosa: --1,315 vehicles passed through the checkpoint. --42 drivers were screened for driver's license status. --11 drivers were screened for field sobriety exams --9 drivers were arrested for not having license. --3 drivers were arrested for having suspended licenses, 1 [...]
Santa Rosa police tonight will set up a DUI/license checkpoint. The checkpoint will be from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at a spot that police aren't disclosing. "Our message is simple: If we catch you drunk, you will be arrested," Police Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. The officers' [...]
Local police are cracking down today on drivers who not going hands-free with cellphones or are texting. It's part of a month-long, zero-tolerance campaign by dozens of police agencies statewide to ticket drivers who are being distracted by using their cellphones, texting or even such things as eating or grooming. [...]
Santa Rosa police will be holding a DUI/driver's license checkpoint tonight. "Our message is simple: If we catch you drunk, you will be arrested," Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. The checkpoint will be from 7 o'clock tonight until 1 a.m. Saturday, but police aren't saying where it'll be. [...]
Sonoma County police agencies today are joining with dozens of departments around the state in the latest crackdown on drivers texting or not going hands free on their cellphones. Santa Rosa police, for example, will have 18 officers today devoted to looking for violators, Sgt. Rich Celli said. Of those, [...]
Ride a motorcycle? Better be on your best behavior today. Santa Rosa police today are cracking down on traffic violations that could led to motorcycle collisions. Extra officers will patrol city streets frequently used by motorcyclists and where motorcycle crashes have occurred and will ticket motorcyclists and other drivers, Sgt. [...]
Petaluma drivers are finding -- some times the hard way -- that a green light doesn't always mean go. Sometimes it's because how the traffic signal works is confusing to drivers, and the city is moving to change that. Last year, right-of-way violations became the No. 1 cause [...]
Santa Rosa police plan a DUI/license checkpoint tonight at a spot "where a significant number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred." "DUI arrests can be embarrassing and expensive, but they're easy to prevent," Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. "If you're drinking, hand your keys over to [...]
Here's an opportunity for you to suggest places in Santa Rosa for police to target speeders, red-light runners and such. SRPD is conducting 97 traffic crackdowns over 12 months, starting from last October, and Police Sgt. Rich Celli said while officers already have specific intersections and roads in mind because [...]