The Independence Day Weekend Anti DUI crackdown is reporting DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 6 DUI deployments in El Dorado County.
From 12:01 AM Friday July 3, 2015 through Midnight Sunday 5, 2015 officers representing 3 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 13 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Last year, the holiday was a four-day campaign period which does not match the three-day crackdown ending last night. Last year there was two alcohol related death during this same time.
(**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report**)
Law enforcement officials will be conducting its next major Avoid DUI campaign throughout the county and region during the 18 Day Summer Campaign in August ending Labor Day weekend.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to watch and report impaired drivers each and every trip around town or during summer vacations: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1! anytime motorists encounter that dangerous driver. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
