AVOID THE 12 SETS DUI CHECKPOINTS, DUI PATROLS FOR
FIESTA CELEBRATION IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY- JULY 23rd, 2009

Officers from seven law enforcement agencies in Santa Barbara County 
will staff a Friday, Aug. 7, sobriety checkpoint and saturation DUI 
patrols the next night in conjunction with the 85th annual Santa 
Barbara Fiesta.

The checkpoint starts at 7 p.m. and will end around 1 a.m., said 
Deputy Win Smith of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, 
Avoid the 12 coordinator.  The location will be revealed just before 
the event begins.

Saturday saturation patrols are set for 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Santa Maria, Lompoc, 
Guadalupe, Allan Hancock College, University of California, Santa 
Barbara and California State Parks will staff both events.

The crackdown is named for the dozen police jurisdictions in the 
county. The California Office of Traffic Safety funds it through the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

“It will be difficult to park in Santa Barbara throughout Fiesta,” 
Smith commented. “That’s all the more reason to take a taxi or public 
transportation to the events and back home. Then you won’t be tempted 
to drive after you’ve had too much Fiesta spirit.”

Avoid the 12 will hit the road again for an 18-day late summer 
crackdown starting Aug. 21 and ending Sept. 7, taking in the Labor Day 
weekend.