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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Greg Williamson, Chief of Police
Contact: Michaela Sims
Public Information Office
661-326-3803
msims@bakersfieldpd.us
For Immediate Release October 1, 2013
Kern “Avoid the 18” DUI Task Force Announce Results of
DUI Saturation Patrol
On Saturday, September 28, 2013 between the hours of 7 pm and 3 am, officers from the “Avoid
the 18” Kern DUI Task Force” targeted suspected DUI drivers by participating in DUI Roving
Saturation Patrols in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests in the greater
Bakersfield area. The “AVOID the 18” Kern DUI Task Force is comprised of several law
enforcement agencies from Kern County.
The officers conducted 74 traffic stops and arrested 13 subjects for driving under the influence of
drugs or alcohol. The officers located and recovered a stolen vehicle. The driver of the stolen
vehicle was arrested for various felony offenses.
This special DUI operation was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety,
through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Please help the Bakersfield Police
Department by reporting Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1!
You can now send an anonymous text message to the Bakersfield Police Department. It’s quick and it’s easy.
Simply enter 274637 into your phone and text BPDCRIMES along with your message. The text is sent to the
police department and the sender remains completely anonymous.
Tips can also be anonymously sent through the smartphone “TipSubmit” mobile App or via email at
https://www.tipsubmit.com.