Irvine Has Sobriety Checkpoint Tonight While Other Agencies Conduct Saturation Patrols

​The Irvine Police Department conducts a sobriety checkpoint from 8 tonight to 1 a.m. Saturday at Culver Drive and Farwell.

That's not the only cop show going extra hard at impaired drivers, as the "Avoid the 38" campaign previously announced saturation patrols tonight in Tustin, Anaheim, Laguna Beach and, yes, Irvine's doing them, too.

With saturation patrols, officers flood streets known for drunken-driving arrests and crashes. The Orange County Sheriff's Department has been holding multiple saturation patrols throughout its coverage area and contract cities.

Buena Park tonight hosts a multi-agency DUI task force from 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

Other scheduled DUI enforcements during the holiday period:   

    Fri., Dec 30, DUI saturation patrols, 6 p.m.-2 a.m., Laguna Niguel

    Fri., Dec. 30, DUI saturation patrols, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., Laguna Beach

    Fri., Dec. 30, DUI/drivers license checkpoint, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., Huntington Beach

    Fri., Dec. 30, DUI saturation patrols, 7 p.m.-3 a.m., La Habra

    Fri., Dec. 30, DUI/drivers license checkpoint, 7 p.m.-3 a.m., Westminster

    Fri., Dec. 30, DUI/drivers license checkpoint, 7 p.m.-3 a.m., 1200 E. Ball Rd., Anaheim

    Fri., Dec. 30, Multi-agency DUI/drivers license checkpoint, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., hosted by the city of Buena Park, Beach Blvd. and 10th St.

    Sat., Dec. 31, DUI saturation patrols, 7 p.m.-3 a.m., La Habra

    Sat., Dec. 31, DUI saturation patrols, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., Westminster

    Sat., Dec. 31, DUI saturation patrols, 8 p.m.-3 a.m., Placentia

These operations are funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.