Police Arrest 60 in Holiday DUI Crackdown, So Far

Police across the county arrested 60 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the first two days of a county-wide annual winter holiday crackdown, the county Sheriff's Office spokesman said. 

It was down significantly from last year, according to Sgt. Jose Cardoza in a news release. In 2011, 79 DUI arrests occurred during the same 48 hour time period.

Specific breakout numbers were not available for Cupertino, Los Altos Hills or Saratoga, which contract with the county Sheriff's Office for services. The Sheriff's Office reported seven arrests for all the areas it patrols. 

During the anti-DUI crackdown, all regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts during the crackdown. In addition, funds have been devoted to multiple DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, multi-agency DUI task force operations and local roving DUI patrols, as part of this region-wide crackdown during the 19-day Winter Holiday Campaign.

Law enforcement encourage all motorists watch for drunk drivers and call 911.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. DUI arrest data collection will continue throughNew Year’s Weekend, midnight Sunday, January 1, 2013.

Agency

Dec. 14

Dec. 15

Total

Campbell P.D.

3

3

6

CHP-Gilroy

3

N/R

3

CHP – San Jose

3

1

4

Gilroy P.D.

0

1

1

Los Altos P.D.

1

N/R

1

Los Gatos P.D.

N/R

N/R

N/R

Milpitas P.D.

1

1

2

Morgan Hill P.D.

4

1

5

Mountain View P.D.

3

4

7

Palo Alto P.D.

3

1

4

San Jose P.D.

2

14

16

Santa Clara P.D.

N/R

N/R

N/R

Santa Clara County Sheriff

1

6

7

Sunnyvale P.D.

1

2

3

S.J. State Univ. P.D.

1

0

1

Daily Total

26

34

Cumulative Total

60

N/R = No Report