DUI Checkpoints Planned Around Los Angeles This Weekend

LOS ANGELES, CA — It's a busy week for DUI checkpoints in Los Angeles this weekend.

The Los Angeles Police Department has DUI checkpoints scheduled all over the city Friday nighand through the weekend.

"The deterrent effect of High Visibility Enforcement using both DUI checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols has proven to lower the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug impaired traffic collisions," according to the Los Angeles Police Department. "Research shows that collisions involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized proactive DUI operations are conducted routinely."

because someone failed to designate a sober driver. Year to date, LAPD officers have investigated 326 DUI related collisions which have seriously injured nine community members.

DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols:

Friday

What: Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint

When: Friday, March 23, 2018
7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Where: Florence Avenue at Main Street

What: Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint
When: Friday, March 23, 2018
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: Soto Street at Cesar Chavez Avenue

Saturday

What: Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint
When: Saturday, March 24, 2018
7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: Laurel Canyon Boulevard at Osborne Street, Pacoima, California

What: Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint
When: Saturday, March 24, 2018
7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Where: Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard at Western Avenue

What: Sobriety & Driver’s License Checkpoint
When: Saturday, March 24, 2018
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: Laurel Canyon Boulevard at Oxnard Street, North Hollywood, California

What: DUI Saturation Patrol
When: Sunday, March 25, 2018
5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: North Hollywood Area

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