Go “Back to the Future” as Art Crawl Experience (A.C.E.) takes over Downtown Anaheim! from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., check out public art, local artists, pop-up galleries, an indie craft fair and food truck treats along CENTER STREET ANAHEIM.
Check out an eclectic mix of art and indie crafts from over 50 pop-up galleries. All handcrafted and created by talented local artists. Continue reading
Anaheim Police Department, Raul Quezada, Chief of Police
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2015
Subject: DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Planned this Saturday
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on March 28, at Cerritos Avenue and Euclid Street between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.
The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource for reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 12NF0309
Date: March 6, 2015
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison for murdering one and injuring two others in a head-on crash after driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic on two separate Orange County freeways. Ruben Gurrola, 26, Pomona, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 14, 2014, of one felony count each of murder, driving under the influence causing bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol level .08 percent or more causing injury, and a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury.
Late on the night of Jan. 28, 2012, Gurrola left a Newport Beach bar with his then 24-year-old girlfriend Allison Poon after several hours of drinking alcohol with friends. The defendant took a cab with Poon to a friend’s house. After arriving at the home, Gurrola got into the driver’s seat of a Honda sedan and drove away with Poon in the passenger seat. At approximately 1:40 a.m., the defendant drove under the influence of alcohol on the wrong side of the freeway into oncoming traffic, heading northbound in the southbound lanes of the 241 toll road. Several motorists called 911 and had to swerve to avoid being hit by the defendant. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2015
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn, Contact: (714) 497-6330
Subject: DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Tonight / DUI Patrols This Month
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Detail will be conducting a DUI/Driver License checkpoint at Santa Ana Canyon / Imperial Highway tonight. Also, there will be special DUI Roving Saturation Patrols during the month of February.
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org
Orange County DUI Task Force Holiday Crackdown on Impaired Driving
SANTA ANA, Calif. – (December 12, 2014) — This time of year, with all the holiday parties and festive occasions, many partygoers will be drinking. If you are celebrating with alcohol this holiday season, local law enforcement agencies have a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Due to the increase in drunk-driving-related fatalities around the holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across the country will be out in force December 12, 2014 through January 1, 2015 actively searching for drunk drivers.
The Orange County Avoid DUI Task Force will be aggressively looking for drunk drivers this holiday season with plans in place for 14 DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints, a minimum of 27 local roving DUI Saturation Patrols and a DUI Warrant/Probation Sweep. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2014
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn, Contact: (714) 497-6330
Subject: Anaheim Police Plan DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint and DUI Saturation Patrols
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Detail will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint at Harbor Blvd. / La Palma Ave. along with special DUI Roving Saturation Patrols during the month of December.
Anaheim Police Department
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn
October 24, 2014 Contact: (714) 497-6330
Subject: Anaheim Police to Conduct a DUI / Driver’s License Checkpoint Tonight
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Detail will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint tonight, Friday, October 24, 2014, in the 1800 block of W. Ball Rd. between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 3:00 A.M.
The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely. Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2014
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn, (714) 497-6330
Subject: DUI / Driver’s License Checkpoint This Weekend
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Bureau will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at 1220 East Ball Road between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.
The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely. Continue reading
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org
Summer/Labor Day AVOID DUI Campaign Update
DUI Arrests Up & No DUI Fatalities
SANTA ANA, Calif. (August 25, 2014) – The Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI mobilization has resulted in DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special ‘Avoid the 38’ DUI deployments in Orange County.
From 12:01 AM Friday, August 15, 2014 through Midnight Sunday, August 24, 2014 officers and deputies representing 38 Orange County law enforcement agencies have arrested 483 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. In 2013, 374 DUI arrests occurred during the same 10 day time period. There were no DUI related deaths during this time (**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report**). Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2014
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn, Contact: (714) 497-6330
Subject: Designate A Driver: Anaheim Police Plan a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint and Saturation Patrols this Friday and Saturday.
The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Detail will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint in the 1500 Block of South State College Blvd. along with special DUI Roving Saturation Patrols this Friday and Saturday.