Police will be cracking down on drivers who may have imbibed too much during the holiday weekend.

Several police departments will be conducting checkpoints and roving patrols throughout the county.

In Irvine, officers are planning to stop drivers along Culver Drive and Farwell Avenue beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, according to a statement released by the department. The checkpoint will stay in place, with officers handing out brochures on impaired driving, until 1 a.m.

Westminster police will be conducting a checkpoint Friday as well, though the location of the checkpoint was not disclosed.

The checkpoints are part of the Avoid the 26 DUI task force, which will be cracking down on impaired drivers until Jan. 2, 2012.

During the winter holiday season, several county agencies are planning enforcement activities to find drunken drivers.

On Dec. 30, a checkpoint is also planned in Laguna Niguel, said Deputy Wayne Howard of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The patrols and checkpoints are funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Police suggest residents plan a way to get home before going out to celebrate, and to designate a sober driver.

Anyone who sees a drunken driver is asked to call 911.

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