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Orange County DUI Mobilization - The OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative

Posted by CotoBlogzz 08-18-2010

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD's) unveiled today what it refers to as the Labor Day Holiday DUI Mobilization Schedule. We prefer to call it the OC's Law Enforcement Jobs Initiative.

The following is the schedule of operations, dates, and locations.

Fri, Aug 20^th,DUI Saturation Patrols 2000-0400, Cities of Anaheim, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods
Sat, Aug 21^st, DUI/CDL Checkpoint, 1900-0100, City of Anaheim
Fri, Aug 27^th, DUI/CDL Checkpoint 1900-0300, City of Laguna Niguel
Fri, Aug 27^th, DUI Saturation Patrols 1900-0300, City of La Habra
Fri, Aug 27^th,DUI TASKFORCE OPERATIONS, 2000-0300, Cities of Buena Park, La Habra and Placentia
Sat, Aug 28^th, DUI Saturation Patrols 2000-0300, City of Anaheim
Sat, Aug 28^th, DUI/DL Checkpoint 1900-0300, City of La Habra
Thurs, Sep 2^nd, DUI Saturation Patrols, 1900-0300, City of Placentia
Fri, Sep 3^rd, DUI Saturation Patrols, 1900-0300, City of Orange
Friday, Sep 3^rd, DUI/DL Checkpoint 1900-0100, City of Anaheim
Fri, Sep 3^rd, DUI TASKFORCE OPERATIONS, 2000-0300, Cities of Buena Park, La Habra and Placentia
Sat, Sep 4^th, DUI TASKFORCE OPERATIONS, 2000-0300, Cities of Buena Park, La Habra and Placentia
Sat, Sep 4^th, DUI/DL Checkpoint, 1900-0300 City of La Habra
Sat, Sep 4^th, DUI Saturation Patrols, 1900-0300, City of Irvine
Sun, Sep 5^th, DUI Saturation Patrols, 2000-0300, City of Orange

In addition, the cities of Brea, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Los Alamitos and Tustin will be conducting extra DUI Saturation Patrols in their respective cities during the enforcement period.

Additional information about the Avoid Program and operational plans from around the region can be found at www.californiaavoid.org.

With the announcement, the OCSD is inviting reporters are invited to ride along with law enforcement and or join Task Force & checkpoint operations in their respective region throughout the Campaign

Funding for this t “Avoid” program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Now, for our skepticism about these types of programs:

While the Avoid the 38 and other similar Task Forces serve a useful purpose, the buck stops at city hall: Whether that city is considered the safest city or not, is mostly a function of the leadership displayed by city hall - such leadership includes vision and a willingness to engage with residents, supporters and critics alike. The OCSD is a service provider, which merely implements the statement of work defined by city hall. Typical politician's and union’s simplistic approach to public safety by merely throwing more bodies to the problem, instead of applying common sense solutions, is simply not sustainable

Take for instance the leadership demonstrated by the cities of Lake Forest and Mission Viejo: Lake Forest's ordinance issuing a 45-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city or the Mission Viejo City Council pioneering work with underage drinking, being the county's first to pass the Social Host ordinance. Certainly these two cases illustrate a more cost-efficient and proactive approach to public safety than say the AVOID program final 2009 Holiday results which required three law enforcement agents for every arrest.

If you are not convinced, just look to Rancho Santa Margarita (RSM), where certain politicians are crying foul for a proposed reduction in law enforcement bodies. At the same time, however, RSM residents are complaining that law enforcement officials are merely playing the role of glorified meter maids, issuing license citations in the residents' own front yard. Yet, the sheriff's union, refuses to allow management to collect information to hold the official accountable!

In our assessment, this Avoid 38 Task Force is no different than the $26 billion Teachers' Job Bill the President characterized as "for special interests, ONLY, if you think it is!