Five people were arrested this week in a court sting, part of Orange County's anti-DUI holiday campaign. And 158 DUI arrests were made Dec. 14-16 as part of the same "Avoid the 38" DUI Task Force effort.
According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the targets in the sting operation at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach were defendants who were in court because of suspended licenses from previous DUI offenses. Plainclothes officers followed them out to the parking lot after their court hearings. Defendants who got behind the wheel and drove off were stopped by uniformed task force members and arrested and their vehicles impounded for 30 days.
All five defendants were cited and released at the scene.
The 158 arrests last weekend were made by officers from the 38 agencies participating in the campaign to curb impaired driving during the holiday season. The figure is provisional, the department said; some agencies have yet to report their numbers.
Throughout the campaign, the Sheriff’s Department and Laguna Beach, Irvine, Tustin and La Palma police departments will conduct DUI saturation patrols. Other agencies have announced these schedules:
- Los Alamitos, Orange and UC Irvine police: Dec. 21, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Placentia, Buena Park and La Habra: Dec. 22, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Anaheim and the Cal State Fullerton police: Dec. 22, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Fullerton police: Dec. 24, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Placentia police: Dec. 31, 8 p.m.-3 a.m.
Scheduled DUI/driver's license checkpoints:
- Westminster: Dec. 20, 7 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Anaheim: Dec. 29, 7 p.m.-3 a.m.
- Buena Park, Placentia: Dec. 29, 7 p.m.-3 a.m.
The Sheriff’s Department and Buena Park police will conduct DUI warrant service operations during the campaign but will not announce the dates.
Grant funding for the Orange County effort comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Oh wait!!! I forgot!!! That would really tick off the bar owners and they would threaten to relocate their bar to another town, wouldn't they??? hah. So it's really not about SAVING LIVES, is it??? If it was the cops would do exactly what I mentioned above. It's about commerce and MONEY, isn't it??? Oh, and about unnecessarily violating the rights of innocent motorists, isn't it??? At least, let's be honest about it and show some integrity, okay??? You aren't ruling a bunch of 4th graders here. Some of us are grown adults. Don't insult whatever intelligence that God may have bestowed upon us!!! hah.
Unless you happen to have strong inside connections like a Wall Street banker or a high-ranking official who perjures himself while testifying before congress or a high ranking police official who is given a pass for driving while being as drunk as a skunk - until it inadvertently leaks to the public and damage control goes into action. You know how the game is played, mocker.
Am I right?
Does that mean he has risen from the dead?
Genius.
So as long as you're a smart citizen and keep track of all the local DUI checkpoints you don't have to undergo unwanted police interrogations or invasive searches even though you are abiding by all the laws and not bothering anyone, eh??? I'm sure that's what our Founding Fathers intended when they designed the Bill of RIghts, wasn't it? Why not have mandated random warrantless searches of homes between 8am and 10pm by the police departments but only if the domicile is occupied by a resident at the time the police arrive. That way if you're not home you won't be subject to the search. So the smart ones can just spend their non-sleeping hours elsewhere. Sound like a plan, mfriedrich? If the cops could just find one item that could injure, maim or take a human life....it would all be worth it, right? :)
I guess that last post was a little too powerful and made way too much sense. :)
Oh, and why don't you contact your local politicians about my previous recommendation of having police park undercover units in bar parking lots and pick off the drunks as they exit the bar and drive from the parking lot??? Or don't you want to make the bar owner mad? He's the one who fed the drunks booze who injured your relatives, Robster. Not me. Why are you taking your angst out on me and wanting to infringe on my right to freedom of movement when I've done nothing wrong? Why don't you target the drinking establishments that gave the drunk the booze in the first place that resulted in the injuries to your family? Why don't you go picket those places and ask the cops to target the drunks that leave those establishments INEBRIATED, get into her cars and drive away? Please respond, Robster. Don't run off like mfriedrich did.
Yes, it sucks to be searched and to witness the 4th amendment trampled on. But this happens to me every damn time I board an airplane too. So yes, I'm ok getting a proctology exam if it means I'm less likely to be strapped to a plane hitting a building at 600 mph. Similarly, I'm ok to have a roll-down car window chat with a Lt. police officer at a DUI checkpoint, rather than hitting an Escalade with Ms. Rieslingbottle at 75 mph on a 35 mph roadway. You see, I don't drink and then drive, which kind of makes it not a problem for me.
Oh well. That's how the movie normally ends. So I am not disappointed. I only hoped they learned something ;)
"Why not have mandated random warrantless searches of homes between 8am and 10pm by the police departments but only if the domicile is occupied by a resident at the time the police arrive." Answer: The reason why not is because it's not against the law in most US states to drink and even get drunk in your residence? The law is very different when you insert a vehicle into the equation. Now I don't expect someone like yourself to understand the difference, but you kind of have to discriminate with these hypothetical questions. Here's a tip. When you try to frame an argument around a comparative analogy, first make sure it's about two closely related notions that aren't a continent apart. Otherwise it fails to connect, like yours just did. Come on. Where did YOU run off too. I'm waiting for your witty retort....
Just don't complain when a few gendarmes stand on your front porch notifying you that your home has been selected for a random warrantless search for your safety and for the safety of your neighbors. They will tell you that there has been a rash of illegal contraband and unsafe material horded in homes lately and that your cooperation could potentially save a human life. And as you tell them that you oppose such a search they will brush you aside and enter your home. That is my prediction. You tolerated the DD checkpoints - you got what you wished for - so don't complain. And you never addressed my proposal that instead of checkpoints that the police surveil bars for drunk patrons leaving the establishments and driving away in their cars then getting pulled over. Now that would make sense. The police would actually target the BAD GUYS instead of having to harass 400 GOOD GUYS to catch ONE BAD GUY. But I realize not many people think rationally or logically these days. For whatever reason they just say what makes them FEEL GOOD whether it make any sense or not. My proposal actual is RATIONAL and would capture drunk drivers and save lives without needing to harass even ONE GOOD GUY. What an irrational world we live in. :^)
I know you understand the point - you simply deny getting it, mfriedrich. You deny it because you know it makes perfect sense and my logic is spot on. Denial never helped anyone, mfriedrich. Nor did it ever solve a problem. Have a nice evening.
Once again he heads for the exit door. Some questions are just too difficult to field. And some comments are just so darn logical and airtight that it's pert near impossible to attack them without looking foolish. Goodnight, mfriedrich. Hopefully the truth will seep into your unconscious during this evening's sleep and provide you with a wake-up call that can't be denied. Sweet dreams.
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Have some empathy for the innocent who have had their Bill of Rights violated, Lil-Marty. Someday it could happen to you too!
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