Two drivers were arrested Friday during a DUI saturation patrol in Concord, where extra officers were out patrolling the roadways looking for drunk or drugged drivers.
Drivers charged with DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties and a suspended license, according to a Concord police spokesperson.
Funding for this patrol was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Concord police will be holding a series of DUI enforcement patrols throughout the year, the spokesperson said.
Question, has there been a pot intoxication test been developed that is accepted by the Courts ?
Does regular field sobriety test work on pot or is it officer discretion ?
How about cracking down on drivers looking down on their cell phone? They are just as dangerous.
And red light & stop sign runners. Speeders too! I get driving as hazardous does it need to be pushed to these levels?
TPC: Sadly, I have seen the police doing that.
Nevertheless, it is not illegal for the police to do that.
First responders are exempt from the law regarding use of electronic devices while driving.
I know vast amounts of time, manpower, preparation and planning go into these DIU operations (not to mention $$$-money) and I believe the efforts are not worth it for 2 arrests. Why not involve all the county law enforcement agencies and have them work together to saturate trouble spots? Like Highway 4??! It is very apparent the CHP can’t handle the roadway currently based on the issues it spawns such as multi-fatal accidents, traffic involved shootings, sideshows, out-of-control reckless driving, impaired driving and speeding and racing among traffic. Enlist all the different agencies without telling everyone via the media when they are going to do it and where. Spread the forces out so no one agency is having to contribute staffing all the time but knows it will have reciprocal participation from neighboring agencies when it is their turn,.
If given the opportunity I believe the results will be less violence on the roadways, dangerous and/or illegal vehicles removed from the streets and highways and maybe (if DA Becton allows) some bad people locked up and out of circulation for a while. I would bet fewer accidents will result and eventually word will spread that bad driving behavior will not be tolerated in Contra Costa County.
I know, I’m dreaming but it’s a good dream rather than the nightmare we are now experiencing.
I thought cops were all over drunk drivers already, all day & night, everyday, 24/7 & 365 days per year!
If not… why not?
All of our money being spent on these stupid checkpoints and don’t drink and drive propaganda which yield two bad apples. But we allow to go cocktails. I give up on common sense.
@ Miguel, KG (etc.) It’s SATURATION PATROL – NOT a check point. Did you read the article before responding, or going off halfcocked? It’s not a group of officers on the side of the road waiting for you to drive in to be tested, its officers DRIVING around on all streets LOOKING for impaired drivers while doing their normal patrol or assigned to specifically drive around looking for impaired drivers. Do you understand the difference??
KC- do they not do checkpoints that typically yield 1 to zero arrests? Do you not read claycord regularly? Do we allow to go cocktails from restaurants? Why? Half cocked? Wake up, their wasting your money. Maybe to go cocktails with don’t drink and drive napkins will solve this and we won’t need to spend thousands of dollars on saturation patrol.
How about the police do a saturation patrol on red light runners, speeders, and stop sign runners.
How about saturation of homeless people walking in front of cars.