DUI Checkpoints & Crime on the Road, Sobriety Checkpoints

Redondo Beach Police Department Partners in National DUI Campaign
‘Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest’ Crackdown
DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints Planned in Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach, CA – Officers from the Redondo Beach Police Department announced its officers will be conducting DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints partnering with thousands of other law enforcement, which began August 21st throughout the county.
The [...]

Additional Dui Enforcement Going On Cdot Grant Money Funds Overtime For Dui Patrols
Mesa County, Colorado— Since August 20th, deputies from the Sheriff’s Office have been signing up for overtime. That overtime is paid to the agency through a grant, the High Visibility Enforcement Fund, from the Colorado Department of Transportation.
‘The Heat Is On’ DUI enforcement [...]

DUI checkpoint planned; five arrested for DUI last weekend
The Redlands Police Department will conduct a grant-funded sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, until 3 a.m., Saturday in the northbound lane of Orange Street, south of Pearl Avenue. Officers will screen drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for [...]

State Police Sobriety Checkpoint
Colonel Marian J. McGovern, 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 who operate [...]

Statewide crackdown on drunken driving begins on Friday
August 19, 2010
Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest. from August 20 to September 6
To combat the deadly dangers of drunken driving, law enforcement officers throughout Wisconsin will be out in force to arrest impaired motorists as part of the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” crackdown [...]

Thursday, August 12, 2010— In an effort to curb dangerous or drunk driving, the Cook County Sheriff’s Police and the Streamwood Police Department will conduct a random roadside safety checkpoint on the 400 block of East Irving Road in Streamwood during the evening hours of Friday, August 13th according to the Office of Sheriff Thomas [...]

Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces several traffic enforcement operations will be conducted during the month of August.
During the month of August the Missouri State Highway Patrol, along with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Cass County.
Also, there will be DWI saturations conducted in [...]

The Folsom Police Department Continues Crackdown on Impaired Drivers with DUI Checkpoint
Summertime DUI Campaign Continues in the City with Increased Enforcement & Awareness
The Folsom Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on July 23, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location.
The department is continuing its efforts at lowering the [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint In Platte County
EMPHASIS: Sobriety Checkpoint In Platte County
Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces there will be a sobriety checkpoint conducted in Platte County sometime between now and the end of July 2010. Sobriety checkpoints are part of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s effort to remove intoxicated drivers [...]

Lake Elsinore Police Department Targets Impaired Drivers with Checkpoint
The Lake Elsinore Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday, July 16th, 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 street, as well [...]

Orange County “Avoid the 38” DUI Task Force
Independence Day Weekend Schedule of Operations
Sobriety Checkpoint:
FRIDAY, JULY 2:  Orange County Sheriff’s Dept:  6 PM. to 2 AM  in the City of San Juan Capistrano
Buena Park Police Dept: 7 PM to 3 AM
SATURDAY, JULY 3:  Irvine Police Dept:  7 PM to 3 AM
Saturation Patrols:
FRIDAY – MONDAY, JULY 2nd [...]

On Saturday night, July 3rd, 2010, the Victorville Police Department will be conducting a DUI Saturation program. In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes, DUI saturations focus on drivers who have made the choice to drive after consuming alcohol and are impaired.
All too often, members of [...]

WSP Deploys DUI Enforcement Team in Yakima
YAKIMA – With the graduation of the 97th Trooper Basic Training Class on June 16 the Yakima area has received three additional troopers.
The newly assigned troopers represent the first increase in staffing of the Yakima detachments in many years.
The additional troopers will be assigned to a full-time DUI Enforcement [...]

Sobriety Checkpoints planned
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in July in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington, Davison, Fall River, Hughes, Jerauld, Lake, Lyman, Mellette, Minnehaha, Pennington, Roberts and Yankton.
For sobriety checkpoint text message alerts, visit actcivilized.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 21, 2010
CONTACT: Terry [...]

APD and Texas Parks and Wildlife announce increased BWI enforcement on Lake Austin
The Austin Police Department’s DWI Enforcement and Lake Patrol Units and Texas Parks and Wildlife officers will conduct a boating while intoxicated initiative on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 2:00 p.m. until midnight.
Our goal is to gain voluntary compliance with all boating laws, [...]

DUI/License Checkpoint
June 18, 2010
The Salinas Police Department will be conducting a DUI and Drivers License Checkpoint during the evening hours of Friday June 18, 2010 at an undisclosed location in the City of Salinas.
The DUI and Drivers License Checkpoint are aimed at educating the public about the dangers of drinking and driving and driving without [...]

Troop H Announces Upcoming Enforcement Projects
Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St Joseph, announces that sometime during the month of July, Troop H will conduct a sobriety checkpoint, a driving while intoxicated saturation, and a hazardous moving vehicle operation. The sobriety checkpoint will be in Livingston County, the saturation will be conducted [...]

DUI Deaths & Injuries show Dramatic 3 Year Drop – Law Enforcement Anti-DUI Efforts Continue
Merced, CA – The Avoid the 11 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols to continue successful efforts towards arresting drunk drivers, lowering deaths and injuries, and educating the public about [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled For Friday Night
Louisiana State Police has zero tolerance for impaired drivers.  To combat impaired driving in our area, Louisiana State Police Troop E, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint this Friday, May 28, 2010 from approximately 9:00 pm to 3:00 [...]

During the Memorial Day weekend of May 28th – May 31st, Vermont State Police and local law enforcement will be conducting sobriety checkpoints in Caledonia and Essex Counties.
Law-enforcement officers want to remind people to not drink and drive, and to use designated drivers.
STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
INCIDENT: DUI Checkpoints
TROOPER: Sgt. Selby
STATION: [...]

Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In California last year 1,029 people died in crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. That is why the Menifee Police Department announced today they will be holding a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on Saturday, May 22, 2010 [...]

Patrol plans multiple OVI sobriety checkpoints this week
COLUMBUS- The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that troopers will operate multiple OVI checkpoints to deter and intercept impaired drivers this week.
The county where the checkpoints will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of [...]

Anglers Face DWI Enforcement, Road Construction For Opener
ST. PAUL — Officials from the Minnesota Departments of Public Safety (DPS) and Transportation (MnDOT) say fishing-bound motorists will face extra DWI patrols, as well as heavy traffic and construction projects that will cause detours and likely delays.
During fishing opener weekend, heightened DWI enforcement will occur in Anoka, [...]

Sobriety and Drivers License Checkpoint Notification
“Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest”
The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a sobriety and drivers license checkpoint on Friday, May 14, 2010, in the south area of the City. Traffic flowing through the checkpoint will be contacted by uniformed officers, who will be checking for alcohol and/or drug-impaired drivers. [...]

Sheriff schedules DUI checkpoints
May 11, 2010 -
Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron announced that the Traffic Safety Team will be conducting low manpower DUI checkpoints between Thursday and Sunday, May 13-16. Deputies will stop traffic and conduct various test procedures looking for impaired drivers at multiple locations around the county.
The Sheriff Office does not announce days, [...]

The Menifee Police will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, May 7, 2010, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM, in the City of Menifee, where a significant number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred. Officers will screen drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for a valid driver’s license. [...]

The Moreno Valley Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License Checkpoint on Wednesday, May 5th from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am within the City of Moreno Valley. 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 [...]

San Bernardino Police Department Targets Impaired Drivers with Checkpoint
Traffic Sergeant Brett Birnbaum announces that the San Bernardino Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, April 30, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., in the area of the 1000 Block of N. Del Rosa Avenue. In an effort to reduce the [...]

Patrol plans OVI sobriety checkpoint
COLUMBUS- The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint to deter and intercept impaired drivers this week.
The county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint.
“Based on [...]

Subject :LBPD Targets Impaired Drivers With Checkpoint
The Long Beach Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., at Pacific Coast Highway and Loynes Drive.  In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes, DUI checkpoints are [...]