If you drink and drive in Los Angeles County beware, the Los Angeles County Avoid the 100 DUI Task Force is joining with law enforcement throughout the state for the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign August 17 to September 3, 2012.

DUI/ Driver’s License Checkpoints, Multi Agency DUI Task Force deployments and local roving DUI patrols are scheduled locally in partnership with law enforcement nationwide during the Summer/Labor Day Campaign. (See attached Enforcement Schedule of Operations)

The crime of impaired driving is a serious one. In 2010 alone, 791 people died in California in crashes in which a driver or motorcycle rider was at or above the legal limit.

The age group with the highest percentage of alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes was the 21-to-24 age group.

“On average there is one alcohol impaired driving-related fatality every 51 minutes across America. But this tragic loss of life can be reduced if we get impaired drivers off our roadways,” said Glendora Police Chief Rob Castro.

“Research has shown that high-visibility enforcement like the 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign reduces alcohol-impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. By joining this statewide wide effort, we will make Los Angeles County’s roadways safer for everyone throughout the Labor Day period.”

California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Bill Dance with the Southern Division Headquarters Office said CHP, Police and Sheriff Deputies will be aggressively looking for all impaired drivers during the crackdown and will arrest anyone they find driving while impaired.

CHP will deploy all available officers during the Labor Day holiday weekend onto freeways and county roads they patrol.

“Obviously we want to remind everyone that it is illegal to drive impaired, and we hope the campaign will remind people that if they plan on drinking, to never get behind the wheel,” said Avoid Representative Lieutenant Rob Lamborghini. “But if someone does choose to drive impaired, we will arrest them,” he said.

According to the Avoid the 100 DUI Task Force, violators will face jail time, loss of their driver licenses, or being sentenced to use ignition interlocks. Their insurance rates go up. Other financial hits include attorney fees, court costs, lost time at work, and the potential loss of job or job prospects. When family, friends and co-workers find out, violators can also face tremendous personal embarrassment and humiliation.

The national Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown is led by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), with the California Avoid DUI Task Force Campaign combining high-visibility enforcement and heightened public awareness and impaired driving deterrence through publicity.

The Program is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who reminds everyone to Report Drunk Driving – Call 9-1-1!

Avoid the 100 DUI Task Force is announcing its upcoming enforcement operations for the Summer/Labor Day Holiday DUI Campaign. The following schedule of operations, dates, and locations are provided for media release except the EMBARGOED activities.

Friday, August 17, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – Gardena

DUI Checkpoint – Pasadena

DUI Checkpoint – CHP South L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – North Hollywood (2)

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Hollywood

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

Saturday, August 18, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – Burbank

DUI Checkpoint – Santa Monica

Saturday, August 18, 2012 (continued)

DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency - Signal Hill

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Baldwin Park

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

DUI Patrol – LAPD – Devonshire area

DUI Patrol – Beverly Hills

DUI Patrol – San Gabriel

DUI Patrol – LASD Lynwood

Thursday, August 23, 2012

DUI Patrol – LAPD – Hollenbeck Area

Friday, August 24, 2012

DUI Checkpoint –Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Including the cities of Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello, Downey, Whittier and Bell Gardens)

DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (West) – Hermosa Beach

DUI Checkpoint – Bell Gardens

DUI Checkpoint – South Pasadena

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – North Hollywood

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Southwest Area

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Norwalk

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West L.A.

DUI Patrol – Santa Monica

Saturday, August 25, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – Beverly Hills

DUI Checkpoint – Long Beach

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Southeast Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Van Nuys Area

DUI Patrol - Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

Sunday, August 26, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Harbor Area

Thursday, August 30, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – Pasadena

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Olympic Area

Friday, August 31, 2012

DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, Burbank, San Marino, and San Fernando.)

DUI Checkpoint – West Covina

Friday, August 31, 2012 (continued)

DUI Checkpoint – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency in El Segundo (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

DUI Checkpoint – Glendale

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Bellflower

DUI Checkpoint – CHP South L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – CHP East L.A.

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Altadena

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Santa Fe Springs

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Antelope Valley

DUI Patrol – Gardena

Saturday, September 1, 2012

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

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Valley

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD – Central Area

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Conducted in the cities of Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, Burbank, San Marino, and San Fernando.)

DUI Patrol –Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency (Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello, Downey, Whittier and Bell Gardens)

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency in El Segundo (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

DUI Patrol – Gardena

DUI Patrol – Glendale

DUI Patrol – Long Beach

DUI Patrol – LASD location TBD

Sunday, September 2, 2012

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

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) Multi-Agency in El Segundo (El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo and Torrance)

DUI Patrol - Gardena

DUI Patrol – LAPD – Hollenbeck Area

Monday, September 3, 2012

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – LASD location TBD