Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Southwest Station conducted a Traffic Enforcement Saturation patrol on August 19 from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the City of Temecula.
Deputies made 55 traffic stops for various violations, wrote 17 traffic citations, conducted three field sobriety tests, made one arrest for driving on a suspended driver’s license, and made one arrest for driving under the influence, according to the Riverside Sheriff’s Department.
The Traffic Enforcement Saturation patrol targeted unsafe drivers to help prevent and reduce the number of traffic collisions within the city. Funding was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
