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Seaside details New Year’s Eve plan: more officers, hotline and drone support for fireworks and DUI enforcement
Summary
Police commander says city will deploy extra officers, high-visibility patrols, drone support and a monitored hotline/text line for reporting fireworks and drunk driving on New Year's Eve; warnings will precede enforcement.
Commander Matt Doza of the Seaside Police Department presented the city’s plan for New Year’s Eve public-safety enforcement, saying the department will field extra officers to focus on DUI prevention and fireworks enforcement and will use high-visibility patrols, drone support and hotlines for reports from residents.
Doza told the council the enforcement plan has two primary emphases: preventing and detecting DUI drivers, and discouraging use of illegal fireworks. He said Seaside considers all fireworks illegal outside the July…
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