Anderson Police Department announced Thursday that it would take part in patrols for drunk drivers across Anderson, Redding and Shasta Lake City from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1 through the Shasta County Avoid the 5 program.
“Basically, it’s a one-man patrol unit to look for DUIs (driving under the influence),” said APD Captain Robert Kirvin.
“For whatever reason, we have a high level of incidents during this time period,” CHP Public Affairs Officer Steve Rauch said. “There are a lot of folks travelling at the end of summertime, going out on the weekends, and adding alcohol to that.”
The extra patrol would look specifically for impaired drivers in Anderson from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Kirvin added that although the grant requires that the extra patrolman be used only for DUI patrol, the officer could be relied on in any emergency.
The Avoid the 5 program is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"The AVOID Anti-DUI Program was launched in 1973 to bring law enforcement agencies together in county-wide clusters to crack down on the drinking driver and reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by alcohol related crashes," states the California Avoid Web site.
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