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Salinas, California – Turkey and DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Turkey & DUI Checkpoint
The Safe Teens Empowerment Project in Salinas (S.T.E.P.S.), a program of Sun Street Centers, in collaboration with the Salinas Police Department, will be conducting it’s 7th Annual Turkey & DUI Checkpoint during the evening hours of Tuesday November 24, 2009, at an undisclosed location in the city of Salinas. This checkpoint is [...]



Bismark, North Dakota – Thanksgiving Holiday DUI Saturation Patrol November 25th – 29th, 2009

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Bismarck Police Working Overtime
To Keep Roads and Highways Safe from Impaired Drivers
Law enforcement officers in Bismarck will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday cracking down on impaired drivers. The Bismarck Police Department will be doing saturation patrol on November 25th through November 28th in Bismarck.
Impaired driving affects thousands of Americans traveling every year. [...]



San Bernardino, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 20th, 2009

By admin • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

San Bernardino Police Department Targets Impaired Drivers with Checkpoint
Traffic Sgt B. Birnbaum explains that the San Bernardino Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, November 20, 2009, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM, in the 300 block of W. Baseline Street, in San Bernardino. In an effort to reduce the number [...]



Orange County, California – DUI Roving Patrol Event Scheduled for Friday, November 20th, 2009

By admin • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

The “Avoid the 12” DUI Task Force will be conducting DUI roving patrols in the Cities of Stanton and Villa Park on Friday, November 20, 2009.
These Multi-City DUI teams will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI related arrests and collisions. The goal of the program is to reduce the rate at which [...]



Oklahoma County, Oklahoma – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday, November 21st, 2009

By admin • Nov 19th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Sobriety Checkpoint Set For November 21st
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office is set to conduct a sobriety traffic checkpoint on November 21, 2009. The purpose of this sobriety checkpoint is to focus on alcohol related offenses through very visible and active law enforcement. Deputies will stop vehicles passing through the checkpoint and ask for driver licenses.
The [...]



Lake Elsinore, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 20th, 2009

By admin • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Targets Impaired Drivers with Checkpoint
The Lake Elsinore Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday, November 20th from 6 p.m. to midnight. In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes, DUI checkpoints are conducted to identify offenders and get them off the [...]



Santa Monica, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 20th, 2009

By admin • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Driver License and DUI Checkpoint
The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety/ Drivers license check point on the evening of Friday November 20, 2009 in the area of Lincoln and Michigan in the City of Santa Monica. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, through [...]



Norman, Oklahoma – DUI Checkpoints Planned During Holiday Season, 2009

By admin • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Checkpoints Planned During Holiday Season
With the holiday season approaching we must pay even closer attention to our motoring public and our friends. The Norman Police Department with funding from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office will be stepping up enforcement on intoxicated drivers. Norman police plan on using checkpoints, saturation patrols, and educational tactics in order [...]



Essex County, Massachusetts – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday, November 21st, 2009

By admin • Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

State Police Sobriety Checkpoint
Colonel Mark F. Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by the Massachusetts State Police on a Secondary State Highway. The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and removing those motorists [...]



Rutland County, Vermont – DUI Checkpoints Scheduled Throughout 2009 Thanksgiving Holiday Week

By admin • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Rutland County DUI Checkpoints Press Release
Vermont State Police will be conducting several DUI sobriety/seatbelt enforcement checkpoints and targeted saturation patrols throughout the Thanksgiving Holiday week in the Rutland County area.  Participation will focus on removing impaired drivers from the roadway as well as a reduction in overall vehicle crash related injuries sustained by not using [...]



Polk County, Florida – DUI Saturation Patrols Scheduled Throughout Holiday Season, 2009

By admin • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

PCSO Traffic Unit to Conduct DUI Saturation Patrols
Throughout the month of November and during the upcoming holiday season, Polk County Sheriff’s Traffic deputies will be conducting DUI saturation patrols countywide in order to detect, stop, and arrest impaired drivers, as part of the national “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” campaign.  Members of the [...]



Fort Lauderdale, Florida – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday November 13th, 2009

By admin • Nov 11th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

DUI Enforcement Operation
10:00 pm Friday, November 13, 2009 to
3:00 am Saturday, November 14, 2009
3600 Block of West Commercial Boulevard Tamarac
Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force and district personnel will be conducting a DUI checkpoint operation per the above location and times. They will be actively enforcing DUI laws and identifying impaired drivers.
This news release is [...]



Lee County, Florida – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday November 13th, 2009

By admin • Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Sobriety Checkpoint Planned
A DUI sobriety checkpoint is scheduled for this weekend, beginning Friday, November 13, 2009. The operation will take place in an undisclosed location in Lee County as the Sheriff’s Office continues its commitment to getting impaired drivers off our roadways and in support of education efforts such as the national “Drunk Driving. Over [...]



Dover, Delaware – Four DUI Checkpoints Scheduled for Friday, November 13th and 14th 2009

By admin • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

14 Arrested for DUI in Week 19 of Campaign
Dover – Delaware law enforcement officer arrested 14 individuals for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol and/or drugs during week 19 of the 2009 Checkpoint Strikeforce campaign (Nov. 6 & 7). This brings the total number of DUI arrests for the campaign since its July 2nd [...]



Coachella Valley, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 13th, 2009

By admin • Nov 8th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District Targets Impaired Drivers with Checkpoint Checkpoint
Due to an increase in alcohol-related accidents over the past few years, the Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District, which includes the unincorporated communities of Mecca, Oasis, Thermal, and Vista Santa Rosa, will be conducting a Driving Under the Influence / Driver’s License checkpoint [...]



Las Cruces, New Mexico – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday November 13-15, 2009

By admin • Nov 8th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Sobriety Checkpoint Planned
The Las Cruces Police Department will conduct at least one sobriety checkpoint within city limits during the dates of Nov. 13-15, 2009.
LCPD checkpoints are part of the department’s efforts to reduce and eliminate the number of motorists who drive while intoxicated. The enforcement activities also may include saturation, underage and party patrols.
The Las [...]



Los Angeles, California – South Bureau DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 6th, 2009

By admin • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

South Bureau Sobriety Checkpoint NA09296ne
What:    Sobriety & Drivers License Checkpoint
When:   Friday, November 6, 2009 8:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Where:  West Florence Avenue and South Main Street Los Angeles, California
Who:     Emergency Operations Division
Why:     The purpose of the sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of traffic collisions involving intoxicated drivers and hit and run collisions.  During [...]



Loudoun County, Virginia – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Saturday, November 7th, 2009

By admin • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

LCSO to Hold Sobriety Checkpoint Saturday
Loudoun County, VA: The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in Eastern Loudoun.  The ultimate goal of the sobriety checkpoint is to ensure the roads are safe for all motorists by achieving voluntary compliance with the drinking and driving laws.
The sobriety checkpoint [...]



Georgia – Thunder Taskforce DUI Crackdown Begins Friday, November 6th, 2009 in Houston County

By admin • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

Thunder Taskforce Storms Into Middle Georgia
90-Day Crackdown On Houston County’S Deadliest Dui Drivers
Central Georgia Drivers Beware! Houston County now ranks among the state’s “Deadly Dozen List” of Georgia counties with abnormally high occurrences of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities. So starting Friday, November 6, 2009, DUI Enforcement Units from across the state will launch a [...]



Lake Elsinore, California – DUI Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday, November 6th, 2009

By admin • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: DUI / Sobriety Checkpoints, Features

The Lake Elsinore Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Safety Checkpoint on Friday, November 06, 2009, between the hours of 1800 to 2400. This and other traffic safety operations will occur throughout the year as part of the Lake Elsinore Police Department’s commitment to traffic safety.
The Lake Elsinore Police Department has a “Zero [...]