The California Highway Patrol announced this week that it plans to “flood roadways with all available officers this Labor Day weekend in an aggressive effort to stop impaired drivers before they cause harm.”
In a press release, CHP officials reported that the agency’s annual Labor Day Holiday Enforcement Period will begin Friday, Aug. 29, at 6:01 p.m., and will continue through Monday, Sept. 1, at 11:59 p.m. The effort coincides with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which continues through Sept. 1.
“Every available CHP officer will be on the road this Labor Day weekend with one mission: to stop impaired drivers before they harm themselves or others. If you choose to drive under the influence, expect to be stopped, arrested and held accountable. No excuses, no warnings. Lives are on the line,” CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee was quoted as saying in the release.
The release also notes that “over the past five years, Labor Day weekend has averaged 1,000 DUI arrests statewide, with 28 fatal crashes resulting in more than 30 deaths within CHP jurisdiction. During last year’s holiday enforcement period, 61 lives were lost. Of those, 21 were linked to impaired driving. Additionally, CHP officers made 1,140 DUI arrests during the holiday weekend.”
Specific to the Ukiah area, the CHP also reported that a DUI checkpoint will be set up on northbound North State Street, north of the city limits, from 6 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. on Saturday.
Two of the CHP officers patrolling this weekend are new to the Ukiah area, CHP officials also announced this month.
CHP spokesman Officer Olegario Marin said that officers Paulina Garcia and Celeste Marquez both recently graduated from the CHP Academy in Sacramento, which reportedly “had 130 newly sworn officers celebrating their successful completion of 26 weeks of intensive training” earlier this month.
During academy training, the CHP reports, “cadets receive instruction in traffic enforcement, crash investigation, defensive tactics, firearms, emergency vehicle operations and community policing. The curriculum also focuses on legal responsibilities, communication, ethics and cultural awareness to prepare cadets to serve California’s diverse population.”
With the hiring of Garcia and Marquez, Marin said that the Ukiah office now has three women on patrol.
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