According to Chico Enterprise Record, DUI arrests were up this Memorial Day weekend in Chico, Oroville, Paradise and surrounding areas of Butte County. The publication’s report suggests a nearly two-fold rise in DUI arrests during the 2016 holiday weekend versus 2015. It was part of the Avoid the Eight campaign.
Chico, CA. According to Chico Enterprise Records, the Avoid the 8 DUI enforcement program lead to 13 arrests over Memorial Day weekend in Butte County (the three largest cities being Chico, Oroville and Paradise). The article noted the arrests were down from 20 last year.
Chico, CA. May 23, 2014. Officers with law enforcement agencies throughout Butte County (Chico, Oroville, Paradise and surrounding communities) will be patrolling in large numbers Memorial Day weekend to keep impaired drivers off the road, according to Oroville Mercury Register staff reports dated May 21, 2014. The Avoid the 8 anti-driving under the influence task …
CHICO, CA. Citing Butte County Avoid the 8 DUI Task Force authorities, Chico Enterprise Record staff reports that drunk drivers will be targeted on Super Bowl Sunday. “Every time they [law enforcement agencies] do these saturation patrols, it seems like some innocent people get arrested,” commented DUI Lawyer Daniel Ledford. He recommends retaining legal counsel …
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CHICO, CA. The eight law enforcement agencies participating in the Avoid the Eight DUI enforcement crackdown in Butte County during the holiday season have arrested at least 80 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports. Butte County DUI Attorney, Daniel Ledford, commented, “We …
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Chico, CA – Initial reports show at least 13 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or both, between Wednesday and Friday in Butte County (according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports). From July 3 through July 7, eight law enforcement agencies in Butte County set up DUI checkpoints and …
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Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case Missouri v. McNeely (U.S. Supreme Court No. 11-1425), holding that the natural metabolization of alcohol in the bloodstream does not present a per se exigency (meaning emergency) that justifies an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement for nonconsensual blood testing in all …
Chico, California. The Chico Police Department, Butte County Sheriff, Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), and other law enforcement agencies are gearing up for unruly crowds that have been known to descend on downtown and south of campus neighborhoods for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, according to Chico Enterprise Record. The glass ban and open container codes will …
Chico Enterprise Record Staff Writer Katy Sweeny documents arrests made over Labor Day Weekend in Butte County in her piece entitled Dozens of Arrests Made Over Labor Day Weekend. DUI and Public Intoxication pursuant to Penal Code section 647(f) are par for the course on the Sacramento River every year during the Labor Day Weekend …
August 28, 2012 Oroville, CA – The Butte County Board of Supervisors have all but jettisoned a second attempt at a Medical Marijuana Ordinance after a public hearing this afternoon. Board chambers were full, mostly with people opposed to what I refer to as Ordinance 2.0 because it would become the second medical marijuana measure …
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