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CHP To Launch Maximum Enforcement Period Over Fourth Of July Weekend

The California Highway Patrol is expected to launch its Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) over the Fourth of July weekend, officials said. Starting Friday evening at 6 p.m. and lasting until Sunday, July 5 at midnight, all available CHP officers are expected to be on patrol looking for impaired drivers, according to the department. As California gradually reopens, many people will ...

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CHP Sees Speeding Citations For Over 100 MPH Increase 87 Percent Amid ‘Safer At Home’ Order

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The California Highway Patrol has reported an 87 percent increase in speeding citations of over 100 miles per hour in the last month, and is reminding drivers that less congested roadways are not a green light to speed.   From March 19, when the state’s “Safer at Home” order began, to April 19, the CHP reported issuing 2,493 citations statewide for ...

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CHP Helps Grandmother Celebrate Grandson’s 12th Birthday In Saugus

While Santa Clarita residents continue to stay home during the “Safer at Home” order, officers with the California Highway Patrol helped celebrate the 12th birthday of Jake Nuttall by leading a parade full of the boy’s friends and baseball teammates. On a rainy Monday morning, over a dozen cars staged themselves around the corner of the Nuttall family home. It ...

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California Highway Patrol Remembers ‘Newhall Incident’ On 50th Anniversary Of Tragedy

The California Highway Patrol Newhall Office, along with all CHP officers and other law enforcement members, remember four of their brothers killed during the “Newhall Incident” 50 years ago. On April 5, shortly before midnight Officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn were killed by Bobby Augustus Davis and Jack Twining, a pair of career criminals, during ...

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The goal of the California Highway Patrol is to keep all citizens in California safe. Without the CHP, the roads around here would be considered a more dangerous place. It’s their job to keep us safe on our roads.

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CHP Officer Shows ‘Behind The Scenes’ Of Patrolling The Highways

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The California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office is responsible for covering around 700 square miles of roadways throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, and gave KHTS an opportunity to see how officers operate. Since October of 2010, Officer Josh Greengard, a Santa Clarita native, has been working to keep motorists safe on the roadways as an officer with the CHP ...

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Nine Arrested For DUI Over New Year’s Holiday In Santa Clarita, Decreased From Last Year 

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Santa Clarita law enforcement arrested nine individuals for DUI over the New Year’s holiday, which is a 40 percent decrease from 2019, officials said Thursday.  Starting on Dec. 31 through Jan. 1, nine individuals were arrested for driving under the influence, according to arrest records.  Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested two of the nine DUI suspects.  One of ...

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CHP To Launch Maximum Enforcement Period Over Christmas

The California Highway Patrol is set to launch their Maximum Enforcement Period “to help keep motorists off the naughty list” this holiday season, officials said Friday.  This year’s Christmas Maximum Enforcement Period is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and concludes at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 25, according to officials.  To help keep motorists safe ...

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Woman Runs Across 5 Freeway Near Pyramid Lake

Officers are investigating why a woman reportedly foot bailed across the 5 Freeway from a vehicle Friday morning near Pyramid Lake, officials said. Around 8:45 a.m. Friday a person reportedly ran across the southbound 5 Freeway near Vista Del Lago, said Officer Josh Greengard, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office. “We got a call of a ...

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Personal Injury Lawyer In Santa Clarita, California Highway Patrol Officer Discuss Motorcycle Safety

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A personal injury lawyer in Santa Clarita and a California Highway Patrol officer are talking about the latest motorcycle collision stats on local freeways and highways, as well as motorcycle safety. Officer Josh Greengard from the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office talked with KHTS recently on the radio airwaves, and Rick Patterson from Owen, Patterson & Owen also weighed ...

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