By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
The California Highway Patrol announced that a yearlong campaign to prevent people from driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol resulted in more than 1,900 DUI arrests.
The federally funded Border-to-Border DUI Enforcement Campaign began in October 2009 with the goal of reducing the number of alcohol-involved collisions in California resulting in fatalities and injuries. To that end, the CHP conducted approximately 240 sobriety/driver license checkpoints, 100 DUI task force operations and more that 50,000 hours of proactive DUI enforcement patrols, according to a news release.
"All of these DUI enforcement efforts serve three major purposes: deterrence, removal of impaired drivers from the road and educating the motoring public," CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow said in a written statement.
The agency also implemented a statewide media campaign, and conducted local traffic safety presentations and Designated Driver Programs.
Officials recently announced that the state, for the fourth year in a row, recorded a decline in deaths related to driving under the influence.
The enforcement campaign was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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