CALIFORNIA, USA — Thirty-two people are dead and 1,317 are facing DUI charges after California Highway Patrol's (CHP) Independence Day Maximum Enforcement Period.
The Independence Day Maximum Enforcement Period began on July 3 and ran until 11:59 p.m. Sunday night.
Over the course of those four days, 32 people were killed between 25 crashes. Of the 32 people killed, 21 were riding in a car, 11 were not wearing seatbelts, eight were on motorcycles and three were pedestrians.
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The number of people arrested for DUI over the course of the Independence Day Maximum Enforcement Period in 2019 is up from 2018's number of just 389 people. However, the Maximum Enforcement Period for 2019 was also three days longer than the same period one year prior.
The Maximum Enforcement Period aims to enforce speed limit laws and allows all officers to watch for any signs of impaired driving. During this time period, all available CHP officers are out on the road.
One officer is responsible for making 102 of those arrests.