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DUI Enforcement Starts Saturday in Long Beach
There appeared to be no formal checkpoints, but rather a
"deployment" of police officers in high frequency DUI locations.
By Nancy Wride
January 19, 2013
A DUI checkpoint. Avoid the 100 DUI task force context Photos
(1) Photos Credit Avoid the 100 DUI task force there were no DUI checkpoints
announced by the Long Beach Police Department, a DUI Enforcement Team was
announced to start at 8 p.m. Saturday and last until 4 a.m. Sunday in high
frequency crash locations in the city.
The team "will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest
alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the Department’s ongoing traffic safety
campaign," a press statement read. Although no locations or even quadrants of
the city were identified, the announcement stated officers would be in "areas
with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests.
"Driving under the influence can impact the economy in
addition to the pain and suffering of those immediately affected.
Conservatively, a fatality has a $1.4 million impact, an injury $70,000, and a
crash that only damages property averages nearly $9,000," the department release
states.
