Crime & Safety
Los Altos' DUI Arrests Net 5 in Summer Campaign
Day 17 of the national anti-drunken driving campaign brings the county's total to 183 arrests.
Los Altos Police reported four DUI arrests over the past weekend, as a result of a strong focus on the national end-of-summer/Labor Day campaign against drunken driving.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, which coordinates the "Avoid the 13" drunk driving campaigns throughout the year, have reported 183 arrests from 15 law enforcement agencies in the county since the summer/Labor Day campaign began Aug. 17.
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Combined with one DUI arrest on Aug. 20, Los Altos' cumulative total comprises five of those 183 arrests.
DUI checkpoints will be conducted on Saturday September 1st, in the cities of San Jose and Milpitas. Extra DUI units called "saturation patrols" will be deployed in the cities of Campbell, Milpitas, Los Altos, Mountain View, Los Gatos, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Gilroy, Sunnyvale, Morgan Hill, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Altos Hills, and the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County.
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Research has shown that the end of summer and the Labor Day weekend is a dangerous period for accidents related to drunk driving.
Arrests made in Los Altos Hills, Cupertino and Saratoga are handled by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, or the California Highway Patrol, and figures from those agencies are not broken down by city.
Agency
Aug. 17
Aug. 18
Aug. 19
Aug. 20
Aug. 21
Aug. 22
Aug. 23
Aug. 24
Aug. 25
Total
Campbell PD
0
1
1
NR
0
NR
NR
NR
NR
2
CHP - Gilroy
4
5
9
1
NR
NR
0
3
2
24
CHP – San Jose
6
7
12
1
3
6
5
3
3
46
Gilroy PD
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
3
11
Los Altos PD
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
5
Los Gatos PD
2
0
0
NR
1
NR
NR
0
0
3
Milpitas PD
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
6
Morgan Hill PD
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
5
6
16
Mountain View PD
2
2
3
0
1
1
0
2
1
12
Palo Alto PD
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
San Jose PD
9
10
7
2
1
2
2
6
39
Santa Clara PD
2
0
0
1
NR
NR
NR
2
1
5
Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office
2
0
1
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
3
Sunnyvale PD
0
1
1
1
0
1
4
1
NR
9
San Jose State U.
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
0
Cumulative
49
90
103
113
124
136
158
183
Daily Total
29
20
41
13
10
11
12
22
25
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