DUI Arrests Increase in LA County

The annual Avoid the 100 winter holiday crackdown on intoxicated driving in Los Angeles County has resulted in the arrests of 684 suspected drunken drivers, authorities said Thursday.

The arrests were made between 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 13 and midnight Thursday. During the same period a year ago, there were 621 DUI arrests made by Avoid the 100, authorities said.

The Avoid the 100 campaign will include dozens of sobriety/driver's license checkpoints and more than 200 "roving DUI saturation patrols" in various areas of the county, and will continue through New Year's Day.

"Our task force will be highly visible during this enforcement period, and those suspected of driving while intoxicated will be shown zero tolerance if they are over the limit," said Glendora Police Department Chief Rob Castro.

Castro urged people to use a designated driver or public transportation if they have been drinking.

Avoid the 100 is named for the 100 participating law enforcement agencies.