People celebrating St. Patrick\u2019s Day in Long Beach who look forward to consuming alcoholic beverages were advised by police Monday to plan ahead for a safe and sober route to their residence after the event ends.<\/p>\n
The Long Beach Police Department said officers will be on heightened patrol on Tuesday in search of drivers suspected of operating vehicles while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n
Police laid out several guidelines to plan ahead for the celebration, which include:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Choosing a trusted person as a designated driver who will stay alcohol-free, making sure everyone gets home safely;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Utilizing rideshare services, taxis or public transportation as an alternative;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Offering plenty of non-alcoholic beverage options if you\u2019re hosting and make sure guests have safe and sober rides home;<\/p>\n
\u2014 Being vigilant and not letting friends or family members drive impaired; and,<\/p>\n
\u2014 Never driving while impaired or distracted.<\/p>\n
Drivers were reminded that impaired driving is not limited to alcohol, and that prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications may also cause impairment. Although medical and recreational marijuana is legal in the state, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want people to make St. Patrick\u2019s Day memorable for all the right reasons,\u201d Cmmdr. Jeremy Boshnack said. \u201cBefore you raise a glass, make sure you\u2019ve planned for a safe ride home, whether that\u2019s a designated sober driver, rideshare, taxi, or public transportation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnesses a person who appears to be driving while impaired was urged to call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People celebrating St. Patrick\u2019s Day in Long Beach who look forward to consuming alcoholic beverages were advised by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[174,2075,131,133,132,101726,92505,236],"class_list":["post-222858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-beach","tag-increase","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-patricks","tag-patrols","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222858","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=222858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}