Eastvale Police Department Conducts Saturation Patrols
Courtesy City of Eastvale

On Thursday, February 13th and Friday, February 14th, the Eastvale Police Department conducted special saturation patrols in the City of Eastvale.

The saturation patrol on Thursday, February 13th resulted in 228 incidents from 12:00 a.m. on Thursday morning to 12:00 a.m. on Friday morning. During that 24-hour period, approximately one hundred and thirty-one (131) citations were issued for various offenses including parking violations and moving violations. The average number of incidents per day in the City of Eastvale is normally sixty-five.

The officers paid extra attention providing education, awareness and enforcement around the school sites on Thursday due to increased incidents of traffic collisions with bicycles around the Eastvale school sites. This resulted in 41 citations for failure to wear youth bicycle helmets as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 21212.

On Friday, February 14th two Eastvale patrol units, in cooperation with Jurupa Valley and Riverside County patrol units, conducted a special traffic enforcement taskforce. Visitors to the Eastvale Gateway Shopping Center may have seen the six units gathered together conducting a field briefing during this special operation. Friday’s special joint traffic enforcement taskforce was again very successful in providing increased education, awareness and enforcement in the city.