Officers representing 13 county law enforcement agencies arrested 316 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs from Dec. 13 through Dec 25.
Working jointly as part of the Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown campaign, officers made DUI arrests during local routine traffic enforcement stops and special Avoid the 13 DUI deployments throughout Santa Clara County.
The more than 300 DUI arrests tops the 2012 total of 299 DUI arrests that occurred during the same 13-day time period.
The California Highway Patrol will be deploying all available officers for their next Maximum Enforcement Period during the New Year’s Eve holiday period beginning Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. until midnight Jan. 1.
All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts on stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Multiple DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints, Multi Agency DUI Task Force operations and local Roving DUI patrols are all part of this region-wide crackdown during the 20-day Winter Holiday Campaign.
Funding for the program is provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
