DUI on NYE is still happening in the Central Valley, officers say

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Tuesday night, galore section instrumentality enforcement agencies deployed other patrol units, anticipating dense postulation arsenic radical traveled to and from New Year's festivities.

As galore rang successful the caller twelvemonth with household and friends, others spent the nighttime down bars for driving nether the influence.

"I wouldn't accidental it's shocking, I would accidental it's benignant of unfortunate," said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Joseph Bianchi. 

Each year, CHP intensifies its efforts to beforehand postulation information campaigns and implements maximum vacation enforcement periods. 

For the New Year holiday, CHP's maximum enforcement started connected Tuesday astatine 6:01 pm.

And truthful acold successful the Fresno area, "We have, I believe, astir 14 DUI arrests and past 4 different arrests non-DUI," Bianchi shared.

And they’re not alone. 

In Madera, Madera Police Sgt. John Rosel said, "We’ve had 3 arrests past night; 2 of those provided enactment samples that were astir 3 times the ineligible limit."

And successful Clovis, "Between 6 a.m. connected December 31st to 6 a.m. connected January 1st of 2025, determination were 55 postulation stops conducted, and 3 DUI arrests made, 2 of those arrests came from postulation collisions," said Clovis Police Cpl. Sean O'Brien.

These statistic bash not see the Clovis PD checkpoint from Saturday, wherever 2 further radical were arrested for DUI.

At Fresno PD's checkpoint, 10 individuals were arrested for driving portion intoxicated.

"The repercussions for driving nether the influence, whether that's an wounded collision, a fatal collision, oregon clip successful jailhouse and yet a situation condemnation are dense fines, it's not worthy the risk," O'Brien added.

As always, instrumentality enforcement urges you to program your thrust successful advance, whether that's having a designated operator oregon utilizing a rideshare service.

And if you spot erratic drivers connected the road, you're encouraged to telephone 911.

"We'll effort to get officers determination arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable to forestall immoderate injuries," O'Brien explained.

CHP's maximum enforcement concludes Wednesday astatine 11:59 p.m.