Milpitas Roads Mostly Safe from Drunken Drivers

Of the 97 DUI arrests recorded in Santa Clara County from Friday to Sunday, just two occurred in Milpitas, sheriff's data shows.

The 97 arrests are down significantly from the same three-day period last year, Sgt. Jose Cardoza said in a news release. During the first three days of the winter crackdown in 2011, there were 113 DUI arrests.

During the anti-DUI crackdown, all regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts during the crackdown. In addition, funds have been devoted to multiple DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, multi-agency DUI task force operations and local roving DUI patrols, as part of this region-wide crackdown during the 19-day Winter Holiday Campaign.

Law enforcement encourage all motorists watch for drunk drivers and call 911.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. DUI arrest data collection will continue throughNew Year’s Weekend, midnight Sunday, January 1, 2013.

Agency

Dec. 14

Dec. 15

Total

Campbell P.D.

3

3

6

CHP-Gilroy

3

N/R

3

CHP – San Jose

3

1

4

Gilroy P.D.

0

1

1

Los Altos P.D.

1

N/R

1

Los Gatos P.D.

N/R

N/R

N/R

Milpitas P.D.

1

1

2

Morgan Hill P.D.

4

1

5

Mountain View P.D.

3

4

7

Palo Alto P.D.

3

1

4

San Jose P.D.

2

14

16

Santa Clara P.D.

N/R

N/R

N/R

Santa Clara Sheriff

1

6

7

Sunnyvale P.D.

1

2

3

S.J. State Univ. P.D.

1

0

1

Daily Total

26

34

Cumulative Total

97