100 law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County police agencies made 2,433 drunken driving arrests in 17 days, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.
That number includes 24 arrests made by theRedondo Beach Police Department, which participated in the "Avoid the 100" campaign’s Dec. 16-Jan. 2 crackdown. Two of the RBPD’s arrests occurred during a Dec. 30 DUI and driver’s license checkpoint, said Officer Jeffrey Mendence, an investigator with the department’s traffic unit.