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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
1601 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA
(661) 326-3815
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release August 27, 2011
Sgt. Melvin Johnson, Bakersfield Police Department
Kern AVOID the 18, Coordinator
661.326.3896
mbjohnso@bakersfieldpd.us
SUMMER/LABOR DAY AVOID DUI CAMPAIGN
DUI Arrests Up & DUI Fatalities Down
The Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of
DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 18 DUI deployments
overnight in Kern County.
From 12:01 AM Friday August 19, 2011 through 6:00 AM Saturday morning, August 27, 2011
officers representing Kern County law enforcement agencies have arrested 92 individuals for
driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Tragically, there has been one fatal traffic collision over this summer mobilization period,
currently being investigated by the Bakersfield office of the California Highway patrol; however,
alcohol does not appear to be a factor in that collision.
For the second weekend of the campaign, DUI Checkpoint operations and DUI Saturation
Patrols resulted in the arrest of 19 DUI offenders here in Bakersfield alone.
Extra DUI Saturation Patrols will be deployed in the cities throughout Kern County and the
California Highway Patrol will conduct a DUI checkpoint operation at an undisclosed location,
in the unincorporated area of Bakersfield on Saturday night.
All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts on stopping and arresting
DUI drivers during their normal shifts. Multiple/DUI Driver’s License Checkpoints, Multi
Agency DUI Task Force operations and local Roving DUI patrols are still scheduled for the
remainder of this Summer/Labor Day Campaign.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make your community safer: Report
Drunk Drivers – Call 911. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California
Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DUI arrest data collection will continue through Labor Day midnight Monday, September 5,
2011.
MEDIA NOTE: Please visit the AVOID website at www.californiaavoid.org for more information the on
campaign’s DUI Enforcement, statistical date on DUI arrests and DUI fatal crashes from earlier enforcement efforts.
The checkpoint locations and saturation patrols will be made available for media opportunities or ride-alongs each
night.
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