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CHP Launches Statewide New Year’s DUI Crackdown Wednesday at 6 p.m.

CHP leadership urges sober rides to cut crashes through high‑visibility checkpoints.

Overview

  • The enforcement period runs from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 11:59 p.m. Jan. 1, mirroring CHP’s 30‑hour Christmas deployment.
  • All available officers will target impaired driving, speeding and other violations across California.
  • Inland Empire coverage includes Riverside, Blythe, Indio, San Gorgonio Pass and Temecula areas on freeways, highways and unincorporated roads.
  • Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and local police are conducting saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints that wrap up this weekend.
  • CHP cites 481 DUI arrests and 10 fatal crashes during last year’s New Year’s campaign as it urges sober travel.