On July 17, the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail conducted a DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint in the 2300 block of Mt. Vernon Ave. between 5 p.m. and 12 a.m.

As a result of this enforcement event, a total of 2205 vehicles passed through the checkpoint; 1518 of those vehicles were screened by officers; 92 vehicles were impounded; 69 motorists were issued citations for unlicensed driver; 23 motorists were issued citations for driving on a suspended/revoked drivers license; 3 motorists were issued citations for miscellaneous vehicle code violations; and 10 motorists were asked to perform field sobriety tests to determine their level of intoxication.

Of the 10 motorists asked to perform these tests, Francisco Delacruz, 40, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level above .01 percent while on DUI probation. Delacruz abandoned his running vehicle in the roadway and led officers on a short foot chase through Heritage Park before he was taken into custody.

Delacruz’s California driving privileges were found to be suspended or revoked due to a prior DUI conviction.

Two motorists were arrested for outstanding warrants.

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The undersecretary who oversees California parolees and adult and juvenile prisons has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Seth Unger says an attorney for 47-year-old Scott Kernan entered the plea Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court.

His sentence includes a $2,000 fine, 48 hours of community service and a DUI class.

Kernan returned to his old job Thursday after he was suspended for six weeks without pay following his June 7 arrest.

The California Highway Patrol stopped Kernan speeding in a state vehicle near his home in Rancho Murieta with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit of 0.08.

Kernan was appointed as one of three corrections undersecretaries in November 2008.

For the third year in a row, DUI deaths declined in California. The drop was 9.1 percent, from 1,132 in 2007 to 1,029 in 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. The 2008 figure marks a total decrease of nearly 21 percent from the most recent high point in 2005.

“With this third year of declines in DUI deaths, we can truly call it a trend, a trend of life saving importance,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). “Law enforcement, state and local agencies, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and other safety advocates, and the people of California have come together to address this deadly problem and are now seeing the results. As positive as these figures are, though, we can never let up until we achieve our goal of zero deaths.”

“This significant decline in traffic deaths is indeed heartening,” said California Highway Patrol Commissioner Joe Farrow. “The decrease in lives pointlessly lost can be traced back to hard, innovative work in education, enforcement, engineering and emergency medical services. Our primary objective remains to continue this trend and have more people make it home safe and alive each day.”

When accused of California DUI always contact a California DUI Lawyer.
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Virgina Pathak is at the top of a unique “Most Wanted” list in Sacramento County. She isn’t a newsmaker – yet – but experts say it’s just a matter of time.

Her story so far: Arrested in 1987 at age 24 for driving under the influence. Convicted. Arrested again in 1991 for felony drunken driving, in which four of her passengers were injured in a crash. Convicted again. Arrested yet again in 1998 and 2000 and 2001 and 2008 – six DUIs in 22 years.

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SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Highway Patrol has made 454 DUI arrests statewide during its maximum enforcement period for the July 4th holiday weekend, up from 342 DUI arrests at the same time last year, a sergeant said.

From 6 p.m. Friday through July 4th 2009  five people have been killed in DUI-related crashes statewide, three of which were on CHP-patrolled roadways, according to CHP Sgt. Trent Cross.
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Last year at this time where were four reported fatalities related to driving under the influence, Cross said.

A woman allegedly under the influence of narcotics smashed a truck into a car carrying a mother and her children, sending one child to the hospital as a precaution, police said.

A police report said a Ford pickup truck driven by the Sacramento DUI suspect smashed into a Chevrolet Impala carrying a woman and children at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday.

One toddler in the Impala complained of pain and was taken to a hospital for an exam.

A passenger in McKusick’s pickup turned out to be a parolee at large. He was taken into custody.

Don’t drink and drive! If you are to going to anyway, know the law!

For a First time California DUI expect the Following:

1 hour in cuffs
4 hours in jail
3 hours getting car back
2 days at the DMV
2 days picking up highway trash
2 nights DUI Victim Impact Panel
15 weeks DUI class
4 months without a license
3 years probation
7 years with 2 points on driving record
$5,294 in assessment, fees, & fines

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The Santa Barbara Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint in the City of Santa Barbara on the following date and time. Driver’s licenses will be checked at this checkpoint.

Friday July 3, 2009 6 pm to 12 am

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.