{"id":113009,"date":"2025-12-30T01:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113009\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T01:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:42:13","slug":"chp-to-launch-new-years-holiday-enforcement-period-to-combat-reckless-impaired-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113009\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP to launch New Year\u2019s Holiday Enforcement Period to combat reckless &#038; impaired driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The California Highway Patrol is having a New Year\u2019s Holiday Enforcement Period from 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, to 11:59 p.m. Thursday, January 1.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said officers are prepared to stop reckless and impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>According to CHP, during last year\u2019s New Year&#8217;s HEP, the CHP reported 10 fatal crashes and 481 arrests statewide for driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re entering a new year, but our message stays the same. Driving under the influence increases the risks on our roads, raises the chance of a crash, and puts lives in danger. We encourage everyone to do their part in keeping our roads safe by making responsible choices behind the wheel,\u201d said Commissioner Sean Duryee.<\/p>\n<p>During the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/chp-8-deaths-2744-cited-and-297-arrested-for-alleged-dui-in-holiday-enforcement-period\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christmas Holiday Enforcement Period, CHP officers made 297 DUI arrests.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/chp-8-deaths-2744-cited-and-297-arrested-for-alleged-dui-in-holiday-enforcement-period\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CHP: 8 deaths, 2,744 cited and 297 arrested for alleged DUI in holiday enforcement period<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHP is reminding everyone to plan ahead, designate a sober driver, use a ride-share service or public transportation, and report drunk drivers by calling 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The California Highway Patrol is having a New Year\u2019s Holiday Enforcement Period from 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-113009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}