DUI Checkpoints & Crime on the Road

Patrol Announces A Sobriety Check Point In St. Francois County
Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C, St. Louis, announces that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in St. Francois County sometime in the month of September 2009. The Missouri State Highway Patrol in cooperation with other area law enforcement agencies will conduct the [...]

Low-manpower, multi-agency OVI checkpoint tonight on State Route 13
GRANVILLE – The Granville Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that there will be a low-manpower, multi-agency OVI sobriety checkpoint tonight from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The location of the event is on State Route 13 in Licking County, south of Interstate 70, [...]

DUI Checkpoint
The Rancho Cordova Police Department will be holding a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Sobriety Checkpoint on Friday, August 28, 2009, in the City of Rancho Cordova.  The checkpoint will be operational that night from 9:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. the following morning.
Officers will be checking drivers for signs of impairment and providing educational [...]

The Williston Barracks of the Vt. State Police, along with other participating area Police Departments will be conducting DUI Sobriety checkpoints in the Chittenden County area.  These will be taking place over the upcoming Labor Day weekend of September 4 through September 7.
In addition to the check points there will be additional patrols in the [...]

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Victorville City Station, announced today its officers will be out in full force during the Labor Day holiday period, which began on August 21. We will join thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies throughout the nation as the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” crackdown [...]

Troop G: Patrol To Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint
August 24, 2009
Captain Billy E. Chadwick, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, announces that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Shannon County sometime in the month of September. The Missouri State Highway Patrol in cooperation with other area law enforcement agencies will conduct the checkpoint.
Sobriety checkpoints are [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled to Stop Impaired Driving
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Highway Patrol is teaming up with State Troopers from Alabama and several local agencies from both states for a “Hand Across the Border” initiative focusing on stopping impaired driving. On Friday, August 21 at 10:00 a.m., officials from several law enforcement agencies will join together [...]

Police Department Prepares for Weekend DUI Checkpoint
Traffic Sgt R. Lawhead explains that the San Bernardino Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, August 21, 2009, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM, in the 300 block of South Pepper Avenue, in San Bernardino. This program is part of our effort to reduce [...]

Ridot Warns Drivers:
You Drink & Drive. You Lose.
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is joining forces with State and local police departments in a national end of summer campaign to curb drunk driving. Increased patrols will be out in full force from August 21 through the Labor Day holiday weekend.
“We are working with our [...]

Announcement Of Sobriety Checkpoint & Hazardous Moving Vehicle Operations
Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St Joseph, announces that sometime during the month of September, Troop H will conduct a sobriety checkpoint and hazardous moving vehicle operations. The sobriety checkpoint will be in Buchanan County and the hazardous moving vehicle operations will be [...]

Beginning August 20, 2009 Continuing Through September 7, 2009, There Will Be Additional Deputies On Area Roadways Aggressively Enforcing Kansas Drunk Driving And Other Traffic Laws. Supported By A Grant From The Kansas Department Of Transportation, The Deputies Will Be Participating In This Year’S Alcohol Crack Down, “Drunk Driving: Over The Limit, Under Arrest” Enforcement [...]

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety/ Drivers license check point on August 21, 2009. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department will be contacting drivers in the 300 block [...]

DUI & License Checkpoint
The Salinas Police Department will be conducting a DUI and Drivers License Checkpoint during the evening hours of Friday August 14th, at an undisclosed location in the city of Salinas.  The checkpoint is aimed at removing drivers who are under the influence and unlicensed drivers from the roadway.  The checkpoint is further [...]

Leon County Sheriff’s Office Conducting Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint
On Friday August 14, 2009, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint on Geddie Road at the Forestry Station. The Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint will start at 10:00PM and conclude at 1:00AM. Deputies will be checking drivers for signs of impairment and [...]

August 11, 2009
Officers paid through a Governor’s Highway Safety Office grant charged 30 persons with DUI last weekend in the police department’s continuing DUI initiative using extra duty officers.  These officers target impaired drivers Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. in areas with a propensity for fatal crashes, crime and DUI [...]

Captain Dale A. Schmidt, commanding officer, Troop F Headquarters, Jefferson City, announced today the results of driving while intoxicated saturations that were held in Miller County and Camden County during July 2009. A total of 634 vehicles were stopped. During the operations, one DWI arrest occurred for every 16 vehicles stopped. The following is a [...]

The Atlanta Police Department and DUI Task Force have been selected to receive national honors in the National Law Enforcement Challenge sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The APD application was among 530 applications judged by traffic safety and law enforcement professionals in Alexandria, Virginia and was selected as the 2nd [...]

DUI / Driver Safety Checkpoint
On Friday July 31, 2009, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM, the Perris Police Department will be conducting a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint in the City of Perris. Drivers will be evaluated for being under the influence and their driver’s license status will be checked. This DUI/driver’s license checkpoint is being funded [...]

During the week of July 14, 2009, through July 20, 2009, Big Island police arrested 28 motorists for drunk driving. Ten of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21.So far this year, there have been 774 DUI arrests compared with 762 during the same period [...]

State Police Sobriety Checkpoint in Essex County
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 [...]