DUI Patrols Set for New Year Weekend

Local law enforcement will be stepping up DUI patrols and checkpoints while many Angelenos celebrate the new year this weekend.

The Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol announced the areas they will be patrolling during the holiday weekend. The effort is paired with the AVOID Anti-DUI Program, an effort to crackdown on drunk driving and to reduce the number of injuries and deaths due to inebriated drivers.

According to the LAPD website, the areas that will have DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints are determined as places that "have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence." In addition, the LAPD says the high-visibility patrols will hopefully raise awareness to stay safe on the roads.

The AVOID program website and the LAPD website announced the following patrols and checkpoints:

Friday, Dec. 30

• DUI Checkpoint: Azusa
• DUI Checkpoint: Redondo Beach
• LAPD Sobriety Checkpoint: Figueroa Street at 9th Street in the Central Area, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.  
• LAPD DUI Checkpoint – Pacific Area (includes Del Rey, Manchester Square, Mar Vista, Oakwood, Palms, Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice and Westchester)
• Avoid (West) DUI Checkpoint: Torrance
• Avoid the 100 (West) DUI Patrol: El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach and Torrance
• LASD DUI Patrol: Cerritos, 8 p.m.-4 a.m.
• LASD DUI Patrol: Norwalk, 8 p.m.-4 a.m.
• CHP DUI Patrol: Antelope Valley
• CHP DUI Patrol: Newhall
• LAPD Sobriety Checkpoint: Van Nuys Boulevard at Haddon Avenue in the Foothill Area, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31

• Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency DUI Checkpoint: Including Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Montebello and Bell Gardens
• Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency DUI Patrol: Including the cities of Glendora, Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, Covina, Azusa, Irwindale, CHP and LAPD
• Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency DUI Patrol: Including Glendale, South Pasadena, Pasadena, Burbank, San Marino and San Fernando.
• Avoid the 100 (West) DUI Patrol: El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach and Torrance
• Avoid the 100 (East) Multi-Agency DUI Patrol: Including officers from Baldwin Park, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Arcadia and Sierra Madre
• CHP DUI Patrol: Antelope Valley
• CHP DUI Patrol: Newhall
• LASD DUI Patrol: Bellflower 8 p.m.-4 a.m.
• LASD DUI Patrol: Compton 8 p.m.-4 a.m.
• LAPD Sobriety Checkpoint Lincoln Boulevard at Maxella Avenue in the Pacific Area, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012

• LAPD DUI Saturation Patrol: Mission Area (includes Arleta, Mission Hills, North Hills, Panorama City, Sylmar), 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• LASD DUI Patrol: Carson 8 p.m.-4 a.m.
• LASD DUI Patrol: Industry 8 p.m.-4 a.m.

Officials say if you see a drunk driver, call 911.

• For information about the AVOID program, click here.
• For the LAPD DUI checkpoints, click here.