Sonoma County Secures $659,000 Grant for DUI Crackdowns

The AVOID Anti-DUI Program secured a $659,000 grant to fund heightened law enforcement efforts in Sonoma County over the next three years. Administered by the Petaluma Police Department and funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety, the grant will pay for a variety of enforcement operations as well as equipment designed to increase the efficiency of DUI mobilizations.

The Petaluma Police Department's Sergeant Ken Savano announced that Sonoma County law enforcement officers will engage in a number of new or expanded operations, including court stings, sobriety checkpoints, warrant sweeps, saturation patrols and multi-agency task forces. Although all Sonoma County drivers will be subject to the increased police enforcement, those with prior DUI warrants or offences will face particular scrutiny.

Moreover, the funding will enable harsher crackdown policies during the holidays. In addition to expanding traditional mobilizations during the winter holiday season and the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, Sonoma County police departments will conduct new operations on Saint Patrick's Day, Cinco de Mayo and Independence Day. Enforcement efforts over the late-summer will be longer as well, lasting from August 21st through September 7th.

In order to maximize the success of the expanded mobilizations, the Petaluma Police Department purchased improved equipment to increase the efficiency of enforcement operations. Among the new additions are a mobile command vehicle that will coordinate crackdowns throughout the county and a van equipped with the tools necessary to gather fingerprints, photographic evidence and run chemical tests at sobriety checkpoints.

Please take some time to visit our websites:
San Francisco DUI Attorney
San Mateo DUI Lawyer
Marin County DUI Defense
Northern California DUI Defense Lawyers
San Francisco County DUI Defense Lawyers