Solano Co. DUI Prosecution Team Gets Grant For 5th Year

SOLANO COUNTY, CA – The Solano County District Attorney's Office has received a special DUI enforcement grant for the fifth consecutive year.

The $220,599 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will finance a Vertical Prosecution Team that works DUI cases from arrest to sentencing, District Attorney Krishna Abrams said.

The Vertical Prosecution Team's highly trained, specialized prosecutors work will allow law enforcement agencies in the county to increase safety on roads and hold impaired drivers responsible, Abrams said.

The DUI cases often involve repeat offenders and traffic accidents causing serious injury or death. Members of the prosecution team may respond to fatal and major injury DUI collisions to be part of the investigation,
Abrams said.

In 2015-2016, the Vertical Prosecution Team filed 1,472 felony and misdemeanor DUI cases involving alcohol or drugs. In 2013 there were 15 deaths and 156 injuries in DUI crashes in Solano County.

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