Crime & Safety

Avoid the 100 Releases Holiday DUI Checkpoint Schedule

Los Angeles County officers and deputies will be out in force for the two-week DUI crackdown starting Friday.

Law enforcement agencies from across Los Angeles County will coordinate DUI checkpoints and patrols starting Friday for a two-week holiday DUI crackdown.

According to the Avoid the 100, officers and deputies will be aggressively looking for impaired drivers and will arrest individuals caught driving under the influence starting Friday, Dec. 14 through Jan. 1.  

Enforcement efforts will include: 72 DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, 153 local DUI saturation patrols and 25 DUI warrant/probation sweeps. The CHP will deploy all available officers during two Maximum Enforcement Periods – Christmas and New Years Weekends. The special enforcement crackdown will run from Dec. 14, 2012, through Jan. 1, 2013.

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In 2010, more than 10,000 people were killed nationwide in motor vehicle alcohol or drug-related crashes and in California 791 people died on state’s streets and highways. In Los Angeles County, there were 157 individuals killed.

According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, the holiday season can be a dangerous time on the road. During December 2010, 30 percent of all fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involved alcohol-impaired drivers. Statistics showed that among these crashes, 71 percent occurred when drivers had nearly twice the legal limit blood alcohol concentration of .15 percent or higher.

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DUI arrestees also face hefty fines and jail time. They may also lose their drivers license, gain higher insurance rates, or even lose their jobs, according to the Avoid the 100.

Funding for the Avoid the 100 DUI campaigns is provided through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Winter DUI Checkpoint Schedule

Friday, Dec. 14

DUI Checkpoints Avoid the 100 (West) Huntington Park, Claremont, Downey, El Segundo, Glendale, Hawthorne, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, LAPD – Southeast Area, LAPD – Hollywood Area, LAPD – Southwest Area, LASD City of Industry, LASD Malibu/Lost Hills, LASD Paramount

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne,

Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo

Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon)

DUI Patrol – Pomona

Saturday, Dec. 15

DUI Checkpoints – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency in Glendale (Including the cities of Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, San Marino, San Fernando, LAPD and CHP.), Burbank, Huntington Park, Inglewood, San Gabriel, Whittier, LAPD – Topanga Area, LAPD – North Hollywood Area, LASD Bellflower, LASD Comp ton, LASD Lancaster, LASD Norwalk, LASD Malibu/Lost Hills

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, 

Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon)

Sunday, Dec. 16

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Norwalk

Thursday, Dec. 20

DUI Patrol – LASD Malibu/Lost Hills

Friday, Dec. 21

DUI Checkpoints – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency – (Including officers from Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Sierra Madre and CHP), Avoid the 100 (West) in Vernon, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona, South Pasadena, Vernon, CHP Baldwin Park Area, CHP Santa Clarita Valley, CHP West L.A. Area, LAPD – Olympic Area, LAPD – Central Area, LAPD – North Hollywood Area, LAPD – Hollywood Area, LASD Compton, LASD Pico Rivera, Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon), Pomona

DUI Patrol – LAPD – Harbor Area

Saturday, Dec. 22

DUI Checkpoints –Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency in Alhambra (Including the cities of Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello, Downey, Whittier and Bell Gardens), Avoid the 100 (West) in Torrance, Azusa, El Monte, Huntington Park, Redondo Beach, Signal Hill, CHP Altadena Area, LAPD – 77th Street Area

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency – (Including officers from Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Sierra Madre, and CHP,  Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne,

Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo

Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon), CHP South Los Angeles Area, Long Beach, San Gabriel, Whittier

Sunday, Dec. 23

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon)

Tuesday, Dec. 25

DUI Patrol – CHP MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT PERIOD

Wednesday, December 26

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Rampart Area

Friday, Dec. 28

DUI Checkpoints – El Monte, Gardena, San Gabriel, Whittier, CHP Antelope Valley, CHP South L.A. Area, LAPD – North Hollywood Area, LASD West Hollywood, LASD Paramount

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon)

Saturday, Dec. 29

DUI Checkpoints – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency in Covina (Including the cities of Glendora, Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, Covina, Azusa, Irwindale, CHP and LAPD), Avoid the 100 (West) in Hawthorne, Long Beach, CHP Newhall Area, LASD La Mirada

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, Burbank, San Marino, San Fernando, LAPD and CHP.), Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello, Downey, Whittier and Bell Gardens), Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon),  San Gabriel

DUI Patrol – Whittier, LAPD – Hollenbeck Area, LASD Norwalk

Sunday, Dec. 30

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon)

Monday, Dec. 31

DUI Checkpoint – Santa Monica

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, El Camino College, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Redondo

Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, UCLA PD, Huntington Park, Long Beach, Signal Hill and Vernon), Long Beach, Pomona, CHP South Los Angeles Area, CHP West Valley Area, LASD West Hollywood


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