CA- Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operations
New this year is the addition of ten special Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operations.
Motorcycle fatalities have been on the rise in California, increasing
175 percent statewide in the last decade, from 204 killed in 1998 to 560
killed in 2008.
Officers of the BPD will be conducting specialized enforcement efforts
throughout the course of the next year. Extra officers will be on duty
patrolling areas frequented by motorcycles. Officers will be cracking
down on traffic violations made by motorcyclists, and other vehicle
drivers, that result in far too many motorcycle collisions, injuries and
deaths.
Funding for the grant comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety
through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Police Launch Program To Combat DUI Deaths, Injuries
POSTED: 12:23 pm PDT October 13, 2009
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Bakersfield Police Department has been
awarded a new traffic safety grant for a year-long anti-DUI program
aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on our roadways.
New enforcement measures to combat impaired driving are coming as a
result of a recent $589,000 grant awarded by the California Office of
Traffic Safety to the City of Bakersfield.
“This grant will allow the Bakersfield Police Department to maintain its
zero tolerance approach to combating drunk driving on our local
roadways,” said Bakersfield Police Chief, Bill Rector. “The BPD has
enjoyed its partnership with the California Office of Traffic Safety in
keeping the motorists in our community safe. As a result of our efforts
we have experienced a decrease in DUI related fatalities since 2006, and
an increase in arrests of DUI offenders.”
The special DUI Enforcement and Awareness grant is said to assist in
efforts to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol
and other drug related collisions.
The grant activities will specifically target impaired driving offenders
as well as educate the public on the dangers of impaired driving, Lt.
Scott McDonald stated in a release.
McDonald said that this will be done through the use of DUI/driver’s
license checkpoints, warrant searches and stakeouts for repeat DUI
offenders, saturation patrols, and court stings targeting DUI offenders
with suspended or revoked driver licenses get behind the wheel after
leaving court.
Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, over 11,700
people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle operator
with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.
“Last year in California 1,029 died in alcohol impaired crashes, a 9
percent reduction in deaths from 2007,” said Christopher J. Murphy,
Director of the Office of Traffic Safety. “This grant will help keep
that trend going by getting drunk drivers off the roadways of
Bakersfield, making it safer for everyone.”
New this year is the addition of ten special Motorcycle Safety
Enforcement Operations.
Motorcycle fatalities have been on the rise in California, increasing
175 percent statewide in the last decade, from 204 killed in 1998 to 560
killed in 2008.
Officers of the BPD will be conducting specialized enforcement efforts
throughout the course of the next year. Extra officers will be on duty
patrolling areas frequented by motorcycles. Officers will be cracking
down on traffic violations made by motorcyclists, and other vehicle
drivers, that result in far too many motorcycle collisions, injuries and
deaths.
Funding for the grant comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety
through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Information Provided by the Bakersfield Police Department
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