The state agency's Independence Day 'maximum enforcement period' is slated to begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Monday, with all available officers focusing on preventing dangerous driving and traffic accidents.
California Highway Patrol Officer Gary Martens, right, has CHP Sgt. Jaimi Kenyon, follow his finger during a demonstration of how drivers, suspected of impaired driving, are currently tested, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.
The state agency's Independence Day"maximum enforcement period" is slated to begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Monday, with all available officers focusing on preventing dangerous driving and traffic accidents. During the comparable period last year, the CHP made 997 DUI arrests statewide, and 43 people died in crashes on California roadways. More than one-third of those killed in traffic crashes that weekend within the CHP's jurisdiction were not wearing seat belts, the agency reported.
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