Law enforcement agencies came up with 16 DUI arrests for Christmas Eve in Ventura County, one less than the total during the same time last year.

Now entering the tenth day of a 17-day crackdown that ends on New Year’s Day, Avoid the 14, which involves and is named for the number of police departments in the county, is still seeing a rise in DUI arrests.

Police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers have arrested 138 DUI suspects since the crackdown began Dec. 16, compared with 133.

“We’re happy to have removed large numbers of highly dangerous potential killers from our streets and freeways,” said Commander Andrew Salinas of the Oxnard police.

Maximum CHP freeway enforcement continues until Monday, according to CHP Lt. April Baxter, who commands the Moorpark squad. “Every available officer is on the roads,” she said.

The California Office of Traffic Safety funds Avoid the 14 through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.