Officers arrest 754 suspected drunk drivers in end-of-year crackdown in Riverside County

RIVERSIDE (Wire Service) - A roughly two-week holiday crackdown on drunken and drug-impaired drivers netted more than 750 arrests in Riverside County, authorities said today, January 2.

The Riverside County Avoid the 30 task force -- named for the number of participating law enforcement agencies -- began its end-of-year anti-DUI campaign on Dec. 14 and wrapped it up shortly before midnight Tuesday night, January 1.

During that time, 754 people were arrested on suspicion of drunken or drug-impaired driving, officials said.

The figure represented a 10 percent jump from the 2011 campaign, when 68...