Overview
- All available CHP officers will deploy from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 through 11:59 p.m. Jan. 1 to target impaired, speeding and other dangerous driving statewide.
- CHP reports 10 fatal crashes and 481 DUI arrests during last year’s New Year’s enforcement, which the agency says underscores the need for heightened patrols.
- The recent 30-hour Christmas operation resulted in 297 DUI arrests, reinforcing CHP’s warnings about holiday risk.
- Local deployments include Inland Empire coverage by Riverside, Blythe, Indio, San Gorgonio Pass and Temecula CHP stations, with expanded patrols in San Diego.
- County sheriffs and municipal police are running parallel anti-DUI efforts, including saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, as CHP urges ride-hailing, transit or a designated driver and 911 reporting of suspected impaired drivers.