Number of California DUI Arrests Up for 2009 Holiday Season
The California Highway Patrol reported that it made 71 DUI arrests in Los Angeles County over the holiday weekend. And although this was more than double the number last year, there were no deaths reported.
Keep in mind these statistics are just for L.A. County…just for DUI arrests that the CHP made…and just from Christmas Eve. Statewide, the number of DUI arrests was in the high hundreds. And for the holiday period beginning December 18th until Christmas Day, the number of California DUI arrests was in the thousands.
For the last few weeks, California law enforcement agencies have been warning motorists that they would be conducting California DUI “saturation” patrols and would operate an increased number of DUI sobriety checkpoints. With all the grants that have been pouring into these agencies to combat drunk driving, police better respond with arrests.
On any given day, police falsely arrest innocent people for DUI. But when law enforcement officials publically announce that they will be on the lookout for DUIs, you can bet that cops will make more arrests…even if it means more innocent people will go to jail.
My point is this…before you even consider pleading guilty to a DUI charge that stemmed from the holiday enforcement period, carefully weigh all your options. California DUI defense attorneys will be extra vigilant about investigating every aspect of their clients’ holiday DUI arrests in an effort to expose just how many of these arrests were made for political, rather than lawful reasons.
