Haufler honored for DUI busts

If you drive drunk in Sonoma, Deputy Eric Haufler will be happy to meet you.
“He’s a DUI magnet,” police Sgt. Dave Thompson said. “He knows what he’s looking for.”
Haufler, an eight-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol and relative newcomer to Sonoma, is one of 22 officers throughout Sonoma County recently honored for his efforts during late December’s “Avoid the 13” anti-DUI campaign. Of the 200 countywide DUI arrests and nine within Sonoma between Dec. 14 and Jan. 1, Haufler was responsible for four. The officers were feted during a May 6 luncheon in Santa Rosa, which also featured a training by the county District Attorney’s office in drunk-driving prosecution.
“Avoid the 13” involves a dozen Sonoma County law enforcement agencies and the CHP. The semi-annual campaign will next target drunk drivers May 23 to 26, with city patrols, sobriety checkpoints and maximum freeway enforcement, seeking to keep drunks of the roadways.