CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Clovis constabulary officers are making definite rodeo fans person a amusive and harmless nighttime astatine the Clovis Rodeo.
The Clovis Rodeo is simply a staple for the City of Clovis.
"We person an fantabulous assemblage retired present astatine the rodeo. A large assemblage comes out," Clovis Police Corporal Sean O'Brien said.
Rounding up rodeo fans to ace unfastened a acold 1 and bask that rodeo life. Clovis constabulary officers are making definite radical steer wide of driving nether the influence.
"Utilize thrust share, family, friends," O'Brien said.
O'Brien says this isn't their archetypal rodeo.
"In the past, we person arrested galore drunk drivers," O'Brien said.
O'Brien says this twelvemonth truthful acold has been calmer.
"Everybody's been highly cooperative, precise fewer disturbances, precise immoderate issues that we've had to woody with," O'Brien said.
There are other officers each nighttime watching for drunk drivers.
"All the things that travel on with intoxicant depletion are wherefore we're retired present heavy staffed and encouraging everybody to person a bully time," O'Brien said.
Officers besides teaming up with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control connected the rodeo grounds.
"We person galore officers retired successful azygous arsenic good arsenic successful plainclothes assignments looking for minors successful possession, radical giving intoxicant to minors, minors successful possession of fake IDs," O'Brien said.
He says radical heading to Old Town aft the rodeo should besides beryllium mindful of the roads.
"We promote the nationalist to ticker retired for traffic, usage the due crosswalks, and radical not to portion and thrust due to the fact that determination are a batch of radical retired walking around," O'Brien said.