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It could potentially save lives, he said.

When the average citizen gets behind the wheel, the focus is all about the destination -- getting from Point A to Point B.

The only thing separating a misdemeanor DUI and a felony offense is that the misdemeanor cases don't read more hurt anyone else, he said.

“We’re going to do our best to keep the people safe this holiday season,” said Vicki Cervantes, a San Bernardino police traffic sergeant, who was also working a checkpoint Friday night.

This doesn't account for other potential expenses, including lost work time, any bail fees, or the costs of injury or damage a driver convicted of a DUI might have caused.

At a brightly lit intersection, an officer asked to see a driver’s license, gave a subtle sniff of the motorist’s breath and looked for any obvious signs of intoxication. His final tally read more for the night was five cars pulled over, two DUI suspects arrested and two arrests made for outstanding warrants.

There's free patrol, where he drives up and down Ham Lane, Kettleman Lane, Cherokee Lane and Lower Sacramento Road, as well as a few of the busier side streets and through Downtown.

Sometimes DUI suspects will stop past the limit line at an intersection or run a red light. Sunday. It didn't work.

"I can only assume people are walking because they want to be safe, and (don't want) to risk their lives or other people's lives by driving," he said. That's the organization that funds dozens of DUI checkpoints every year, where police officers set up shop in the middle of the road to check licenses and talk to drivers face-to-face.

They're driving badly. Bradley arrested her, called in backup to deal with her car, and took the woman to the police station on Elm Street.

Ontario and San Bernardino hosted checkpoints Friday but the majority of the 58 enforcement details are saturation patrols, reflecting a larger trend of departments choosing patrols over checkpoints, which require more manpower and space.

These are the kinds of cases Bradley hopes DUI patrols can prevent. Fred Alvarez, citing the abundance of parties this time of year.

Or maybe it means the police department is doing well in educating the public.

Now he's a patrol officer, a member of the auxiliary bike team and a public information officer.

Friday night’s checkpoint in Ontario was one of 58 DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols police in San Bernardino County have scheduled for December as part of an aggressive “Winter Holiday DUI Campaign.”

Oh, and one meth pipe thrown out the window of a car just before Bradley pulled it over.

When the driver pulled a fast left turn into the Franco's Pizza parking lot, failing to yield to oncoming traffic and forcing other drivers to slam on their brakes, Bradley flipped on his lights and followed.

From 6:30 p.m. The driver was instructed to walk heel to toe for nine steps, turn around and walk back. Or tried to. A report had come in of an intoxicated man walking near the park, but there was no one around who matched the description.

Thanks to these patrols and the ever-watchful eyes of officers on patrol, Lodi police arrested 282 people on DUI charges in 2013.

First, the eye test. Saturday to 2:30 a.m. The woman stood on one leg while facing upward with her eyes closed and counting out 30 seconds. He pulled the yellow box containing the testing kit out of the back of his Explorer.

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Those answers are never clear ahead of time, but this is actually an ideal shift for Bradley.

“There’s generally more arrests on patrols,” she said.

AN ARREST IN THE FIELD

But what is he looking for? What are these drivers doing that indicate to Bradley that they may have had one too many drinks to be out on the road?

While heading south on Cherokee Lane from Turner Road at around 8 p.m., Bradley spotted a car that showed at least three signs the driver could be under the influence.

"It is one of my favorite activities that I really hope one day I don't have to do anymore," Bradley said.

Then there's sit-and-wait, where Bradley parks in a quiet lot on a busy street and closely watches cars passing by.

He compared being on patrol to a kind of urban hunting trip. Would these long hours lead to any arrests? And what other kinds of criminal activity might Bradley run into while pulling over suspicious vehicles?

Bradley has lived in Lodi for 10 years, but has been a member of the Lodi Police Department for 14 years. Sunday, Bradley's entire focus was on watching for erratically moving cars and assessing potentially intoxicated drivers.

Bradley is happy to keep pulling dangerous drivers off the road, no matter what monetary costs they might have to pay. Back on the road, Bradley pulls over to grab a burrito from Taqueria El Grullense on Sacramento Street, then pulls into a quiet lot on Lockeford Street to watch traffic and eat dinner. Drunken drivers tend to be incapable of maintaining a steady speed, and have a hard time judging distances. His time was paid for by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Bradley knew it was time for a Breathalyzer test. During his time on the police force, he has served on patrol, worked gang enforcement and spent more than six years as a member of various investigative units.

Ontario generally staffs between four and 13 officers for a saturation patrol. Then Bradley slowly moved his finger toward her nose and watched as the woman tried to keep her eyes focused on it. Bradley held up a finger and the driver followed it with her eyes. Let's see what we get," Bradley said.

While on patrol, Bradley searches for intoxicated drivers using a kind of hybrid technique.

For example, San Bernardino hosted 18 or 20 checkpoints in 2013 and 12 in 2014, according to Cervantes.

San Bernardino click here County’s operations are part of a larger crackdown on impaired drivers. For DUIs, that's the major thoroughfares of Lodi.

"I enjoy doing (DUI patrols) because I think when cops arrest a DUI suspect, they are preventing a felony from occurring," Bradley said.

The woman's result was well over the legal limit of 0.08 blood-alcohol content, even after several tests. Or they'll do the opposite: Stop at a green light, or lingering too long at a stop sign as though they are waiting for the light to change.

"It's a full moon out tonight behind those clouds. If not, police escorted them across the street for further questioning.

A Lodi man is currently awaiting trial for an October 2013 collision that took the lives of six members of the Miranda family: the father, the mother, her unborn child and three young children. If drivers passed the brief test, they were waved through. The grants pay officers overtime to work the enforcement operations.

Saturation patrols, in contrast, send the officers out to streets, allowing them to concentrate just on the drivers who show signs of intoxication.

There, she was booked into the jail for a few hours. Eric Bradley climbs into the front seat of his department-issued Ford Explorer, he has a different mission in mind: to locate potentially dangerous drivers and get them off the road.

Both the checkpoints and patrols do not decrease the amount of officers on regular patrol. Bradley approached her and began a round of simple tests.

That makes for a long and unforgiving workday. Like anyone else out hunting, officers have to look where the highest concentration of targets is likely to be. Her foot hit the ground several times, and she didn't estimate the time passing properly.

The federal government read more funds the checkpoints and San Bernardino’s grant, Cervantes said, requires them to hold at least one enforcement operation during the holiday season.

Between moments of adrenaline-fueled activity, this is the shift: staying calm and watching closely.

Due to a language barrier and the woman's inebriated state, it was difficult to explain the test. San Bernardino tends to read more have eight to 10 officers working the patrols, costing roughly $7,400 in grant money per operation, according to Cervantes.

To Bradley, that's a job well done.. Depending on a court's decision, the woman could face between four days and six months in county jail, $1,800 to $4,000 in fines and penalties, three to five years of probation and a required class of three, six or nine months.

On a recent Saturday night, Bradley took on an extra shift to conduct a DUI saturation patrol. But with the help of one of the woman's friends standing nearby, Bradley administered the test.

During the patrols, officers drive around town, usually in high-trafficked areas or near nightlife, and search for driver’s showing signs of impairment.

While read more on that Saturday night patrol, Bradley noticed groups of people walking home from Downtown, and climbing into cabs outside of bars and tasting rooms.

The shift ran over time by two hours, keeping Bradley away from home and a warm bed until after 4:30 a.m. He was promoted to corporal in February. Loud music blares through the speakers from the FM 98.5 Rock radio station.

Finally, a walking test. Their 58 details are part of 338 checkpoint and saturation patrols that will occur this holiday season in San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and Ventura counties.

But when Lodi police Cpl. Ryan Morales will be arraigned on counts of second-degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence.

HITTING THE STREETS

"If I don't locate a DUI, it makes me wonder how many I missed," he said.

A few minutes after 6:30 p.m., Bradley was seatbelted into his cruiser and scanning the treeline in Lawrence Park with a car-mounted flashlight. She made it about seven steps, then clumsily lost count and turned too soon.

“The holidays are kind of the high peak,” said Ontario Cprl. "That makes me feel like we as police officers are doing our jobs and getting the right messages out."

A woman in a black jacket and jeans stepped out of the driver's seat, unaware that a police officer had pulled up behind her. That means they might take a very wide or a very tight turn, sometimes sideswiping another vehicle.

If any other officers on the shift pulled over a drunken driving suspect, they were instructed to call Bradley and get him on the case.

Next, a balance test