Thursday, September 3, 2015

DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols During Labor Day Weekend

Law enforcement will be on high alert for the coming Labor Day weekend. Some cities began their campaigns 2 weeks early to curb the number of DUI drivers on the streets. Traditionally, there have been an uptick of DUI arrests during Labor Day because of the long weekend. Checkpoints have been set up all across Southern California, as well as saturation patrols.



LONG BEACH
Officers from the Long Beach Police Department's (LBPD) DUI Enforcement Team will be on the lookout for impaired drivers this Labor Day weekend.

DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy throughout Long Beach to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers on Saturday, September 5 between 7:00PM and 3:00AM in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests, police said.

"After falling dramatically for five straight years, figures for 2012 show an increase to 802 deaths in California because someone failed to designate a sober driver," and LBPD release stated. "Over the course of the past three years in Long Beach, DUI collisions have claimed nine lives and resulted in 315 injury crashes, harming 420 of our friends and neighbors."

CITY OF INDUSTRY
Sheriff’s deputies are planning a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint Thursday night in Industry.

The checkpoint will take place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at an undisclosed location within the city, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Michael Lang said in a written statement.

Over the past three years in the dozens of cities which contract with the sheriff’s department for law enforcement services, DUI-related crashes have killed 33 people and left another 898 injures, according to Sgt. Daniel Dail.

Funding for the checkpoint is being provided by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the California Office of Traffic Safety.

PICO RIVERA
Deputies are planning to screen drivers for sobriety and valid licenses during a checkpoint Friday, officials said.

The checkpoint will be held from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location within the city, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Detective Jose Marquez said in a written statement.

Funding for the checkpoint is being provided by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the California Office of Traffic Safety.

SEAL BEACH
Deputies are planning to screen drivers for sobriety and valid licenses during a checkpoint Friday, officials said.

The checkpoint will be held from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location within the city, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Detective Jose Marquez said in a written statement.

Funding for the checkpoint is being provided by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the California Office of Traffic Safety.