HOLIDAY SEES DECLINE IN CRASHES, DUI ARRESTS.Byline: Stacy Brown / Daily News Staff Writer With additional California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. units on duty, the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend saw 21 serious collisions on Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. roads and 19 motorists arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Anticipating an increase in speeding, seat belt violations and drunk driving, the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan adding two officers to each shift Friday through Monday. During the same holiday period last year, 23 suspected drunk drivers were arrested last year and there were 23 collisions, including one in which someone died. This year there were no fatal crashes in the Santa Clarita Valley, authorities said. ``We took care of business this weekend; I think our aggressive DUI campaign really raised the public's awareness,'' CHP spokesman Doug Sweeney said Tuesday. Sweeney was one of 30 CHP officers who participated in a DUI sting operation at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. on Saturday in which 35 motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. While crashes and arrests were down in the Santa Clarita Valley, the news wasn't as good in Los Angeles County. According to provisional figures released Tuesday by the CHP, 11 people were killed in traffic accidents in Los Angeles County during the long weekend compared to six last year. |
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