Marin County Halloween DUI Crackdown Nets One Arrest
Fourteen Police Officers from the San Rafael, San Anselmo, Novato and Tiburon Police Departments working DUI enforcement over the Halloween weekend arrested one driver on suspicion of drunk driving. In all, officers acting as part of the Marin Avoid the 13 DUI enforcement operation funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety made 137 DUI traffic stops and administered field sobriety tests to 18 drivers.
The San Rafael Police Department said that the success of the Halloween 2011 drunk driving enforcement can be measured in the fact that there were no major alcohol related injuries deaths in Marin during the weekend.
Driving under the influence enforcement operations will continue with the Marin Avoid the 13 in November and December through the 2011 Holiday season. Those operations will likely include DUI saturation patrols and drunk driving/driver's license checkpoints.
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