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Chula Vista DUI Focus on Saturation Patrols



So what exactly is a “DUI Saturation Patrol”?






Reality: In practice, DUI Saturation comes with a price for the people who live in the saturated community.  This includes people who live in the La Jolla community (San Diego).  Why?  Because in La Jolla DUI saturation, investigations officers are looking to make a traffic stop for the slightest violation  To them, that observation is their first sign of possible impairment.  Instead of an objective analysis of their observations, EVERY action a vehicle makes outside the norm is possibly due to impairment.  When they approach the drivers window, they are not going to contact the driver and note observations that may show impairment, but are approaching with a “tell me why you are NOT DUI” mentality.  More drivers in Point Loma get detained and investigated when in most other instances they would not.   Furthermore, La Jolla DUI saturation patrols result in more tickets for La Jolla drivers.  The police will stop you for rolled stop signs, no seatbelt, a slight drift in the other lane, and other infractions that police may normally drive by in other community.


So what does this mean?: In exchange for less DUIs on the street, the citizens of La Jolla will have to endure more stops by police.  More in the La Jolla community will have to go through DUI evaluation and Field Sobriety tests even when they are not impaired because the police are looking to arrest.  While the saturation patrols are legal, the citizens of La Jolla will ultimately get more traffic tickets than other communities because the police are looking to stop you for the slightest traffic violation.  That is the purpose those officers are on patrol that day….it is their mandate and mindset…to them it is their first clue to a DUI.   This means the La Jolla community may be safer because more DUI drivers will be stopped….but at what price?





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