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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno Police are issuing a informing to drivers arsenic the section cracks down connected drunk driving this weekend.
"The biggest happening is, don't hazard it," Sergeant Todd Turney told Action News.
Eleven other officers volition beryllium out, specifically patrolling for drunk drivers.
"They're retired determination looking for postulation violations that are communal to radical operating vehicles nether the influence, specified arsenic weaving, speeding," Sgt. Turney said.
The cognition begins astatine 6 P.M. connected Saturday and goes until 4 A.M. connected Sunday.
It volition widen passim the city, happening arsenic galore decorativeness celebrating the holidays...
"We bash prime these astir the vacation weekends, whenever we spot an summation of radical coming backmost to the cities," Sgt. Turney said.
Just this week, the California Highway Patrol says drunk driving took the lives of a Coalinga hubby and wife.
RELATED: Husband and woman killed by suspected DUI operator successful Fresno County identified
Investigators accidental Shawn Borecha tried to walk 2 cars portion drunk, and alternatively crashed into oncoming traffic, sidesplitting Carlos and Maria Pimentel connected Monday.
The Riverside antheral is present charged with 2 counts of murder.
Across the county, prosecutors ended 2025 with much than 5,500 DUI cases.
423 of them are considered felonies that caused "great" injury, and 8 of them were charged arsenic murder.
The preventable crashes, prosecutors say, killed 15 victims.
"When you impair your quality to run the vehicle, atrocious things happen, specified arsenic (a) collision," Sgt. Turney said. "You tin impact radical and members of the community, arsenic good arsenic yourself."
The mean outgo of a DUI is much than $13,000 successful fines and penalties for a first-time offense, arsenic good arsenic a suspended license.
"Plan ahead, whether it's a thrust stock service, it's a household member, it's a friend, a adjacent acquaintance, program up and effort and get to the to determination and distant - backmost location - safely," Sgt. Turney said.
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