DUI Task Force Arrest Total Climbs to 105

The Sonoma County DUI Task Force "Avoid the 13" announced 29 drivers were arrested this past weekend for Driving Under the Influence. A total of 105 DUI drivers have been arrested since the DUI campaign began Friday, December 16.

The anti-DUI operation known as the 2011 Winter Mobilization Period continues through Monday, January 2nd, 2012. The purpose of the Avoid the 13 Sonoma County DUI Task Force is to apprehend dangerous drivers, serve DUI arrest warrants, conduct probation compliance checks on DUI offenders, and reduce alcohol related fatal and injury collisions through increased enforcement and public awareness.

The DUI Task Force announced today that total arrests (DUI and DUI warrants, and DUI probation violations) have climbed to 140 since Friday December 16th. CHP Santa Rosa Area has reported all three injury DUI collisions with four injured persons in the same time frame. There have been NO FATAL alcohol involved collisions since the campaign began.

Funding for the Avoid Campaign is made possible through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Media Advisory for Upcoming DUI Campaign Operations
The AVOID the 13 DUI Task Force has numerous operations planned during the remaining days of the campaign period. There will be two more checkpoints conducted at undisclosed locations throughout Sonoma County. There will be DUI Task Force Strike Team operations each weekend where officers will be performing random DUI probation and parole checks of DUI offenders, searching for DUI warrant suspects, and roving DUI patrols.

The national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown is led by NHTSA with the California Avoid DUI Task Force Campaign combining high-visibility enforcement and heightened public awareness through publicity. For more information, visit the High-Visibility Enforcement Campaign Headquarters at www.StopImpairedDriving.org.