YCSO and YPD are increasing patrols for Labor Day weekend

For the Labor Day weekend, both the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office and the Yuma Police Department will be conducting DUI enforcement details in an effort to detect, stop and arrest alcohol and drugimpaired drivers.

Additional deputies will be on patrol throughout the county looking for signs of impaired drivers behind the wheel and targeting areas with a high rate of recurrence for DUI-related collisions and/or arrests.

Extra Yuma police officers will also be used to patrol city streets, actively enforcing all traffic laws and raising public awareness about the dangers of impaired driving.

These DUI patrols are in addition to regularly scheduled officers and deputies. YPD’s detail starts Friday and continues through Monday.

YCSO enforces the state’s 0.08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) law, as well as Administrative Per Se laws, (also called implied consent laws,) which allows for a driver’s license to be confiscated and automatically suspended, 0.04 percent BAC law for commercial vehicle drivers and the 0.01 percent BAC limit for drivers under 21-years-of-age (‘zero tolerance’).

Money to pay for the additional officers and deputies was provided by a grant from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

The DUI enforcement details are part of both the sheriffs office and police department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign.

These funds enable the sheriff’s office and Yuma police to increase the number of deputies and officers on patrol throughout Yuma County and within the city during high traffic holiday weekends and thereby significantly reducing the number of DUI-related incidents.

James Gilbert can be reached at jgilbert@yumasun.com or 5396854. Find him on Facebook at www. Facebook.com/YSJamesGilbert or on Twitter @YSJamesGilbert.