Crime & Safety
Tri-Valley DUI Operation Planned Saturday
The annual Saturation Saturday patrol is meant to call attention to the issue of driving under the influence.
TRI-VALLEY, CA — California Highway Patrol officers will be hitting the streets this weekend in search of intoxicated drivers.
Dubbed Saturation Saturday, the event is in partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. MADD organizes such patrols each year, in partnership with law enforcement offices nationwide.
The name comes from the law enforcement jargon phrase "saturation patrol," which refers to operations in which swaths of officers are deployed for a particular purpose.
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The average drunk driver drives 80 times before their first arrest, according to a fact sheet from MADD and the Office of Traffic Safety. Two in three people will be impacted by drunk driving in their lifetimes.
Some 300,000 drunk drivers hit the road every day, according to MADD and OTS.
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Drive Drunk or High, get a DUI! #saturationsaturday pic.twitter.com/3iTDVKzsOs
— CHP Dublin Area (@CHPDublin) August 26, 2020
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