August 19, 2021
San Rafael, CA – As family and friends plan holidays through the closing days of summer time, the San Rafael Police Division is reminding everybody to remain protected by all the time selecting a sober method to go.
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Irrespective of the way you select to have a good time the top of summer time and Labor Day weekend, be sure to accomplish that responsibly. Take the required precautions to guard your self and your loved ones by buckling up, ditching the distractions, following the pace restrict, and by no means driving impaired.
To assist hold our neighborhood protected through the busy late summer time and Labor Day weekend journey season, SRPD can have further officers on patrol from August 18th via Labor Day (September 6) on the lookout for drivers suspected of driving drunk and/or medication. The elevated efforts to handle impaired driving are a part of a nationwide enforcement marketing campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
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Along with roving patrols, the San Rafael Police Division will maintain a DUI Checkpoint on September 3, 2021, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM at an undisclosed location inside the metropolis of San Rafael.
“Driving impaired is dangerous and places your self and others round you in critical hazard,” Captain Glenn McElderry stated. “In case you are taking a street journey over the subsequent few weeks, make good decisions and drive like your closest family and friends are within the vehicles round you.”
Forty-five folks had been killed in crashes all through California over the 2019 Labor Day vacation interval, and the California Freeway Patrol (CHP) made greater than 1,000 arrests for driving beneath the affect through the 78-hour Labor Day weekend enforcement interval alone.
Driving whereas impaired isn’t just from alcohol. Pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medicines, and marijuana might also impair. In the event you plan on consuming or taking medicines with a driving warning label, let somebody who’s sober drive. In the event you see somebody driving impaired, name 9-1-1.
This press launch was produced by the San Rafael Police Department. The views expressed listed here are the writer’s personal.
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