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Police arrest 167 on suspicion of DUI; 113 vehicles screened in Atherton, but no arrests

Original post made on Sep 6, 2010

Police in the Bay Area have arrested 167 drivers since Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to the California Highway Patrol, up slightly since 2009. At a checkpoint Friday night in Atherton, officers screened 113 vehicles and made no DUI arrests.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, September 5, 2010, 9:26 PM

Comments (4)

Posted by Sober
a resident of another community
on Sep 6, 2010 at 9:00 am

On the way to the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, we saw dozens of drunk drivers weaving all over the roads, going through lights and generally being obnoxious. We just stayed overnight and drove in this AM


Posted by anonymous
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Sep 6, 2010 at 11:26 am

113 cars pull over

dozen officers maybe more

no one arrested

that funny too


Posted by Upset
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Sep 6, 2010 at 10:44 pm

Too bad they have announce the check points ! Some law maker must have been busted & now the police have to tell the drunks where they are at, so they can use a different way home ! Way to go legal eagles !


Posted by anonymous
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Sep 7, 2010 at 8:57 am

"Way to go legal eagles !"

it the law, constitution

no entrapment

beside do you think drunks read newspaper before drinking and driving?

your drunks smarter than my drunks

funny


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