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New Year's Eve Saturation Patrol
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 28, 2009
Contact: Jay Trisler, Sergeant
Phone: (310) 458-8471
E-mail: jay.trisler@smgov.net |
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| The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a sobriety saturation patrol during the evening hours of Thursday, December 31, 2009 within the City of Santa Monica. |
| Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department will be contacting drivers in the City of Santa Monica to confirm their sobriety and driver’s license status. This is the first of several saturation patrols to be conducted over the next 12-month period. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
| The Santa Monica Police Department reminds drivers if you plan on drinking, have a designated driver or call a taxi cab to take you safely home. |
| Since 2005, the number of alcohol involved fatalities has been dropping, thanks to efforts like this. But law enforcement and the public must continue to work toward zero deaths. |
| “Law enforcement officers are doing more to remove drunk drivers from California’s streets and highways thanks to our DUI traffic safety funding,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “But everyone can help make their communities safer; if you see a drunk driver – call 9-1-1.” |
| For more information, please contact Sergeant Larry Horn with the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Division at 310-458-8950, or the department’s Public Information Officer, Sergeant Jay Trisler at 310-458-8471. |
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