Colorado Agencies Beef Up DUI Patrols for July 4th Weekend

Law enforcement agencies across Colorado are gearing up for the July 4 holiday weekend with increased DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints as part of the “100 Days of Heat” DUI crackdown.

The crackdown is a summer-long program that combines a public awareness campaign with increased DUI enforcement. Over this past Memorial Day weekend, state law enforcement agencies reported making more than 234 DUI arrests, with a significant number of them occurring in the Denver-metro area and along the Front Range. Adams County alone reported nearly 100 DUI arrests. Denver DUI arrests numbered 54.

During last year’s “100 Days of Heat” enforcement, Colorado officers made 3,531 DUI arrests between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.

“One of the most serious public safety issues we face in Colorado is the crime of impaired driving,” Col. James Wolfinbarger, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, said in a press release. “When a person has a few drinks and gets behind the wheel, that vehicle becomes a deadly weapon that can wipe out innocent lives.”

According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, Front Range law enforcement agencies filed the following enforcement plans for the 2010 Fourth of July crackdown:

DUI Sobriety Checkpoints:

Boulder Police Department, Broadway and Baseline, July 2-3

Adams County – (CSP) 7100 block of northbound Pecos Street, July 4-5

Lakewood Police Department – July 5-6

Larimer County Sheriff’s Office – roving checkpoints July 2-3 and traditional checkpoints July 4th

Weld County (numerous agencies), July 3-4

Increased and Saturation DUI Patrols:

Adams County Sheriff’s Office

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office

Arvada Police Department

Auraria Campus Police Department

Aurora Police Department

Boulder County Sheriff’s Department

Boulder Police Department

Brighton Police Department

Castle Rock Police Department

Cherry Hills Police Department

Colorado Springs Police Department

Commerce City Police Department

Colorado State Patrol – Castle Rock, Adams County, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Golden and
Broomfield

Fort Collins Police Department

Greenwood Village Police Department

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

Lafayette Police Department

Lakewood Police Department

Littleton Police Department

Longmont Police Department

Loveland Police Department

Parker Police Department

Westminster Police Department

Wheat Ridge Police Department