DUI Checkpoints & Crime on the Road, Sobriety Checkpoints

DUI Enforcement Campaign – September 4, 2010
Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit will be deploying a special saturation patrol this weekend for DUI enforcement as part of the city’s ongoing effort to improve traffic safety, save lives and prevent injuries.
“If you drive drunk, Santa Monica PD will be looking for you,” [...]

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Current Press Release
Driving Under The Influence And Drivers License Checkpoint  –8/27/2010
Rancho Cucamonga
On Friday, August 27, 2010 Deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department will be conducting a D.U.I. and Drivers License Checkpoint in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The checkpoint will be conducted between the hours of 6 P.M and [...]

Weekend sobriety checkpoint and saturation patrols planned
The Redlands Police Department will conduct a grant-funded sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, until 3 a.m., Saturday in the southbound lane of Cajon Street, south of Cypress Avenue. Officers will screen drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for a valid [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint Planned
A DUI sobriety checkpoint is scheduled for this weekend, beginning Friday, August 20, 2010. The operation coincides with the beginning of a nationwide education and enforcement campaign, “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” The checkpoint will take place at an undisclosed location in Lee County as the Sheriff’s Office continues its commitment [...]

Seafair Festivities and Planning Kick into High Gear
The largest and most successful Impaired Operator emphasis on land or water in the State of Washington is kicking into high gear and is in its final stages of planning. One of the largest Impaired Boating Emphasis in the nation is being organized by the Washington State Patrol’s [...]

The Norco Office of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will conduct a DUI / Driver’s License Safety checkpoint in Norco on July 31, 2010, from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. DUI checkpoints are conducted to identify DUI drivers and get them off the street, to educate the public on the dangers of impaired driving and [...]

On Friday, July 30, 2010, from 8:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M., officers from the Temecula Police Department will be conducting a Driving While Under the Influence/Traffic Safety Checkpoint at an undisclosed location within the City of Temecula.
The goal of this operation will be to identify, evaluate, and arrest those motorists who pass through the checkpoint [...]

Sobriety Checkpoints planned
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in August in the following counties: Brookings, Brown, Clark, Codington, Davison, Hughes, Lawrence, Minnehaha, Pennington, Roberts, Spink, Stanley, Tripp and Yankton.
For sobriety checkpoint text message alerts, visit actcivilized.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 26, 2010
CONTACT: Terry Woster, Public Information Officer, 605.773.3178

Officers from the Lake Elsinore Police Department will be deployed on a special saturation patrol this weekend to crack down on drunk driving in the City’s ongoing effort to improve traffic safety, save lives and prevent injuries.
If you drive drunk, the Lake Elsinore Police Department will be looking for you. The Department’s message is very [...]

DUI Strike Team to Keep the Roadways Safe During the Opening Day of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Horse Racing Festivities
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department and the Avoid DUI Task Force Partners will be deploying on Wednesday evening, July 21, 2010, from 4:00 p.m. to midnight for the opening day of the Thoroughbred horse racing festivities [...]

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 [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint set for San Miguel County
Santa Fe — State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Friday evening July 16th in San Miguel County.
Sobriety Checkpoints are one of the most powerful weapons in the battle to reduce drunken driving.
The checkpoints not only help to get drunks off the road but are an important educational [...]

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office will continue its High Visibility traffic blitz, focusing on drunk drivers and motorists who violate the speed limit.
The move comes after a busy and safe July 4th weekend.
Sheriff Walter L. Davis III said: “We’re thankful there were no lives lost on the roads in our community during such a busy [...]

Troopers Ready For Busy Weekend Serving And Protecting
(Pikesville, MD) – From “Operation Centipede” on the Capital Beltway, to “Operation Gauntlet” on the route to Ocean City, to “Smooth Operator” enforcement in Garrett County, to Inner Harbor assistance in Baltimore, Maryland state troopers are ready to implement traffic and criminal enforcement initiatives throughout the holiday weekend [...]

Have A Safe July Fourth Weekend!
Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds Missouri’s travelers of the importance of safety during the upcoming July Fourth holiday.
In 2009, 11 people were killed and 484 injured in Missouri over the holiday in 1,251 traffic crashes.
One person was killed or injured every 9.5 minutes. Of [...]

Troop E Announces DWI Saturations and Sobriety Checkpoint- Wayne County
Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, announces that Troop E officers will conduct DWI saturations and a sobriety checkpoint during the month of June.
During the month of June, Troop E officers will conduct DWI saturations in some of the 13 counties of Southeast [...]

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 [...]

The Lake Elsinore Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, June 18th, in the City of Lake Elsinore, 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.
Drivers found to be under the [...]

Troop I To Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint In June
Captain Lee Ann H. Kenley, commanding officer of Troop I, announces that troopers will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in Crawford County during the month of June. The checkpoint will be concentrated in an area and on a particular highway where a larger number of alcohol-related traffic crashes [...]

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 [...]

City of Goleta
The Goleta Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, June 11, 2010 within the City of Goleta.  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 as [...]

DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint:  June 4, 2010
On June 4, 2010, the Escondido Police Department conducted a DUI Sobriety / Drivers License Checkpoint at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Fig Street from 6:00 PM until 12:00 AM.  The emphasis of this checkpoint was to detect intoxicated and unlicensed drivers as well as to provide [...]

On May 29th, 2010, between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 12:30 A.M., officers from the Oxnard Police Department, Port Hueneme Police Department, Ventura Police Department, Santa Paula Police Department, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, and California State University Channel Islands conducted a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint in the city of Port Hueneme.
The checkpoint was [...]

AVOID The Capital 15 – Memorial Day Weekend Holiday DUI Crackdown
DUI Deaths & Injuries show Dramatic 3 Year Drop – Law Enforcement Anti-DUI Efforts Continue
Elk Grove, CA – The Avoid the Capital 15 DUI Campaign will be deploying officers this holiday weekend at DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols to continue successful efforts towards [...]

Sobriety and Drivers License Checkpoint
As the Memorial Day weekend is approaching, the Oxnard Police Department will conduct a multi-location sobriety and drivers license checkpoint Thursday night, May 27th, from 6:00 P.M. to midnight. The checkpoint will be held throughout the City of Oxnard.
During the Memorial Day weekend in 2009, the Oxnard Police Department investigated over [...]

Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner and the Idaho State Police wants to remind motorists to stay safe during their travels.
Many local law enforcement agencies including ISP have partnered with the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety for the upcoming Seatbelt Mobilization Patrol.
During these patrols, officers will have zero tolerance for non-seatbelt [...]

Checkpoint Announcement
There will be a sobriety checkpoint(s) conducted in the Caledonia/Orange County area over the Memorial Day holiday period by the Vermont State Police in Bradford.
This will be done in an effort to monitor the flow of traffic along Vermont’s highways in the interest of detecting and arresting persons under the influence of alcohol or [...]

Alexandria Police to Conduct DWI Enforcement
On May 22, Alexandria police will conduct a DWI enforcement effort to deter and apprehend intoxicated drivers.
The DWI crackdown will begin at 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, May 22, and will continue until 6:00 A.M. on Sunday, May 23.
Motorists will be stopped and drivers will be checked to assure that their [...]

Sobriety Checkpoint set for Santa Fe County
Santa Fe — State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Thursday evening in Santa Fe County.
Sobriety Checkpoints are one of the most powerful weapons in the battle to reduce drunken driving.
The checkpoints not only help to get drunks off the road but are an important educational tool, these [...]

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, Vista Station, conducted a Drunk Driving / License checkpoint in the 2300 block of South Melrose Drive, in the City of Vista.
The checkpoint took place between 8:00 PM and 2:00 AM on Friday evening. A total of 1397 vehicles passed through the checkpoint with 873 of those drivers contacted.
The [...]