New Statewide Grant-Funded CHP Campaign against Drunk Driving

The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has committed to fund a new California Highway Patrol (CHP) campaign against drunk driving during the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

This new grant follows the recent conclusion of another grant-funded campaign, the CHP's "Statewide Driving under the Influence (DUI) Reduction Effort." The OTS awarded the CHP five million dollars to deploy officers for additional overtime hours on "DUI Roving Patrol" with the purpose of identifying and arresting drunk drivers. Over the span of the campaign, the CHP expended its personnel for 40,545 overtime hours.

The campaign ultimately involved the administration of 233 DUI Checkpoints and 66 DUI Task Force Operations, which resulted in a total of 2,971 DUI arrests statewide. In a press release on June 3, 2008, the CHP reported that their efforts were "paying off," as the goal of the campaign was "to reduce the number of people killed and injured in alcohol-involved collisions." The CHP did not provide any statistics regarding a reduction in the number of DUI related injuries and/or deaths since the commencement of the campaign.

The CHP will use the new 2008-2009 fiscal year grant to fund a "similar anti-DUI campaign."

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