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KCRA 3 NEWS AT 10:00
ON MY58
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
CRACKING DOWN
ON DRUNK
DRIVERS, POLICE ARE OUT IN FULL
FORCE MAKING THINGS SAFE THIS
WEEKEND.
IN SPITE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS,
PEOPLE STILL LOSE THEIR LIVES.
OFFICERS IN
THE SACRAMENTO
REGION ARE SATURATING THE
STREETS AND SETTING UP CHECK
POINTS THIS WEEKEND.
CLAIRE DOAN IS LIVE AT A CITRUS
HEIGHTS CHECKPOINT WITH THE
NUMBER OF ARRESTS SO FAR.
AS PART OF THE NATIONAL
ANTI-DUI CAMPAIGN.
OFFICERS ARE NOT
JUST SCREENING
DRIVERS AT CHECKPOINTS LIKE THIS
ONE BUT THEY ARE CONTROLLING THE
STREETS.
THEY HAVE ALREADY RESTED
--
ARRESTED HUNDREDS OF DRIVERS.
WITH CHP
OFFICERS WERE TROLLING
THE STREETS, IT IS AS MUCH
A
LABOR DAY TRADITION AS DRINKING
FOR PEOPLE WHO PARTY.
DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 10:00
IN THE MORNING OR 1:00 AND THE
AFTERNOON, PEOPLE ARE DRUNK OR
ON DRUGS.
A DRUNK DRIVER WAS ALLEGEDLY
SPEEDING IN THE SLOW LANE.
HE
SAYS THIS MAN FAILED SEVERAL
TESTS, COORDINATION, WALKING IN
A STRAIGHT LINE
KEEP GOING,
KEEP GOING.
AND THE BREATHALYZER.
OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED
MANY DRIVERS WHO CANNOT
FUNCTION.
THE PRIMARY GOAL IS PUBLIC
AWARENESS, WE HOPE TO NEVER
ARREST ANYBODY, BUT PEOPLE DO
THINK THEY CAN DRIVE THROUGH THE
CHECKPOINTS AND GO UNDETECTED.
FOR THE 16 DAY.
, THEY ARRESTED 317 PEOPLE UNDER
THE INFLUENCE.
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SAW A
JUMP IN
ARRESTS.
IF WE ARE MOVING AROUND AND
ABOUT
, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
THINK TWICE ABOUT DRINKING AND
DRIVING.
OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE COLORS
FOR THE DRIVERS THEIR REST
BECAUSE OF THE RISK THEY POSE.
DESPITE OUR BEST
EFFORTS
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO LOSE
THEIR LIVES.
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION SAYS ROUGHLY ONE
THIRD OF CRASHES ON LABOR DAY
WEEKEND ARE CAUSED BY DRUG
DRIVERS.