ST. PAUL — An Aug. 21–Sept. 7 statewide DWI enforcement campaign resulted in 1,873 DWI arrests — more than 100 DWIs a day. The average alcohol-concentration of the DWI offenders was 0.16 — twice the legal limit of 0.08. Preliminary arrest totals were reported by 326 of around 400 participating agencies. The Minnesota Department of [...]
DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint: September 11, 2009
On September 11, 2009, the Escondido Police Department conducted a DUI Sobriety / Drivers License Checkpoint at the intersection of El Norte Parkway at Washington Avenue from 6:00 PM until 1:00 AM. The emphasis of this checkpoint was to detect intoxicated and unlicensed drivers as well as to [...]
Police Department Prepares for Weekend DUI Saturation Patrol
Traffic Sgt B. Birnbaum explains that the San Bernardino Police Department will be conducting a citywide DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, September 11, 2009, from 6:00 PM to 2:00 AM. This program is part of the San Bernardino Police Department’s ongoing efforts to reduce the number of persons [...]
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 who [...]
Don’t get cuffed and stuffed. The La Quinta Police Department will conduct a sobriety and safety checkpoint during the Labor Day weekend. The checkpoint operation will begin Sunday, September 6, 2009, at 8:00 PM., and continue until Monday, September 7, 2009 at 3:00 AM.
The checkpoint will be held in the eastbound lanes of Highway 111, [...]
Encinitas Sheriff’S Station Targeting Impaired Drivers In Special Summer Enforcement
Mobilization Theme Is “Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest”
The City of Del Mar will be deploying deputies from the Encinitas Sheriff’s Station on saturation patrols and DUI/drivers license checkpoints. A checkpoint is scheduled for September 5th, 2009 between 6:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. The check [...]
“Over the Limit – Under Arrest”
Troop B- This Labor Day weekend, Louisiana State Police will be aggressively patrolling for impaired drivers as part of a national DWI enforcement campaign called “Over the Limit – Under Arrest”.
In 2008, 449 people in Louisiana lost their lives in an impaired driver-related crash. Impaired driver-related crashes represented 49% of [...]
The Moreno Valley Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Thursday, September 3 from 6:00pm – 12:00am 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 off the street, [...]
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 who operate [...]
The Coachella Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Saturday, 8/29/09, between the hours of 7:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M. 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 [...]
Working in cooperation of NHTSA’s 2009 National Crackdown, the Idaho State Police, Pocatello Police Department, Chubbuck Police Department, and the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office will have a DUI Task Force out working August 28th and 29th.
There will be over a dozen law enforcement officers working in the Bannock County area including Pocatello and Chubbuck concentrating [...]
August 20, 2009 – Stepped Up Drunk Driving Patrols Honor Victims; Tri-County Area Mom Uses Loss To Help Prevent Other Tragedies
It’s been a dozen years since Connie Ayres lost her daughter to drunk driving, but not a day goes by that she doesn’t think about her. In fact, there aren’t many days that she doesn’t [...]
DUII Awareness Event Kicks off National Campaign Crackdown Against DUII
Media Notes:
* Contact your local law enforcement agencies to learn about any special enforcement efforts in their area
* ODOT is preparing video clips of interviews with today’s attendees including legislators, law enforcement representatives and safety partners. Questions about the video clips may be directed to Shelley [...]
Why: The purpose of the Sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of traffic collisions involving intoxicated drivers, as well as the number of hit-and-run traffic collisions. The Los Angeles Police Department seeks to achieve these goals through enforcement and public awareness.
This checkpoint will be implemented in response to the high incidence of DUI traffic [...]
Captain Lee Ann H. Kenley, commanding officer of Troop I, announces that sometime during the month of August, Troop I officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint, a driving while intoxicated saturation, and a hazardous moving operation. The sobriety checkpoint will be in Phelps County, while both the DWI saturation and the hazardous moving vehicle operation [...]
On 07/31/09-08/01/09, between 2100-0300hrs, members of the Visalia Police Department DUI team, Traffic unit, Reserve unit, and patrol division conducted a DUI saturation detail within the city limits of Visalia.
During the course of this detail there were 86 vehicles stopped, with 12 FST’s given. There were 2 DUI arrests, 1 arrest for public intoxication, 62 [...]
Administrative Sobriety Checkpoint Results
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with several other agencies, conducted a sobriety checkpoint on State Route 92. Arrests were made for DUI, alcohol, and drug violations.
On July 25, 2009, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office conducted an Administrative Sobriety Checkpoint on State Route 92 in American Fork Canyon. They were assisted [...]
Sobriety Checkpoints Planned
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has sobriety checkpoints scheduled in August in the following counties: Brown, Clay, Custer, Davison, Jerauld, Lawrence, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Pennington, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Union, and Yankton.
For sobriety checkpoint text message alerts, visit actcivilized.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
CONTACT: Brooke Bohnenkamp, Public Information Officer, 605.773.3178
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20 July 2009
NYSP conduct Traffic Safety Roadcheck and DWI Saturation Patrol in Genesee County
On July 14th, 2009 into the early morning hours of July 15th, 2009, The New York State Police in Genesee County conducted a multi-faceted, traffic safety initiative including a stationary traffic safety roadcheck on ST-77 in the Town of Pembroke, a DWI [...]
Roseville Police Conducting DUI & Driver’s License Checkpoint
The Roseville Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday evening, July 17, in an undisclosed location where a significant number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred. Officers will screen all drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for a valid [...]
