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Apopka Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's Office part of DUI Saturation Patrol this weekend

From the Orange County Sheriff's Office

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Apopka Police Department, Orlando Police Department and the Traffic Safety Team will host a multi-jurisdictional DUI Saturation Patrol Operation this holiday weekend.

The DUI saturation roving patrol operation is scheduled between 8:00 PM and 4:00 AM on Friday, December 29th through Saturday, December 30th. It is a countywide effort.

The operation will be a multi-jurisdictional effort involving members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orlando Police Department, Winter Park Police Department, University of Central Florida Police Department, Edgewood Police Department, Winter Garden Police Department, Windermere Police Department, Maitland Police Department, Apopka Police Department, Ocoee Police Department, Oakland Police Department, Belle Isle Police Department, Eatonville Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol.

High profile DUI Saturation Patrol Operations have been a valuable tool to law enforcement. The objective of this operation is to educate the motoring public and to safely remove suspected DUI offenders and criminal traffic violators from the highways by highly mobile visibility traffic enforcement tactics.