Several police deparatments in Orange County will be conducting DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the upcoming holiday period. This will extend through and including New Years Eve. In Irvine, a checkpoint is scheduled to take place along Culver Drive and Farwell Avenue beginning at 8:00 p.m. Friday. The checkpoint…
Several Orange County cities, including Brea, Buena Park, Garden Grove, Irvine, LaHabra, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Yorba Linda and the Police Department of CSU Fullerton, will assign extra DUI Roving Patrols for the 4th of July weekend. DUI Roving Saturation Patrols and DUI Checkpoints have become…
Tustin Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint Friday from the hours of 6:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. Police Officers conducting the checkpoints will be looking for drivers who are driving without a valid California Driver’s License and driving under the influence. DUI Checkpoints, also known as, Sobriety Checkpoints,…
DUI Checkpoints, also known as, Sobriety Checkpoints, are roadblocks, set up temporarily on public streets, to catch drunk drivers and to cite others for Vehicle Code violations. The police departments conducting these checkpoints must adhere to strict guidelines, which have been established by the Courts. Anyone who is arrested for…
Costa Mesa Police Department recently conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Newport Boulevard and Flower Street. Four drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The State of California, Office of Traffic Safety funds these checkpoints, by way of a grant, which are being conducted…
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department conducted what they referred to as the “Winter Holiday Avoid Campaign” from December 17, 2010 through January 2, 2011. The campaign consisted of Sobriety Checkpoints, Special Saturation Patrols and routine patrols. The campaign resulted in 743 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol or…
In Manteca this weekend, police officers and police cadets set up a DUI checkpoint on Yosemite Avenue from 7p.m. until midnight. Around 500 vehicles passed through the checkpoint and about 15 vehicles were impounded due to drivers having suspended licenses or driving while intoxicated. One man tried to avoid passing…
Last Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Newport Beach Police set up a sobriety checkpoint on Dover Drive. About 340 cars drove through the checkpoint, 308 cars were given DUI material and information and were observed by officers, 11 of the drivers were given field sobriety tests, 6 were…
This weekend, officers will be regulating traffic and checking for drives who are not wearing seat belts, who are speeding and who may be driving under the influence. In Orange County during Labor Day weekend last year, around 67 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI. California DUI rates are…
On Friday night, Costa Mesa police set up a DUI checkpoint at Newport Boulevard and 22nd Street. Police screened about 212 of the 647 cars that drove through and investigated about 25 possible DUI incidents. Police arrested 3 people for driving under the influence and 1 person for suspicion of…