4 DUI Checkpoints Planned Across LA This Week: See Map Of Locations

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this weekend with a series of DUI checkpoints and extra patrols across the city beginning Monday night.

The DUI checkpoint locations target areas with a record of impaired driving-related crashes and arrests. Police will also be checking to ensure drivers are properly licensed, according to the LAPD.

"The Los Angeles Police Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol," department officials said in a written release. "Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal."

Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the LAPD.

The checkpoints and patrols will take place as follows:

Tuesday, Aug. 4

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11:00 p.m. in Olympic Division (Koreatown, Arlington Heights)

Wednesday, Aug. 5

• saturation patrol from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Hollenbeck Division (Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Hermon, Lincoln Heights, Montecito Heights, Monterey Hills, etc.)

Thursday, Aug. 6

• DUI checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Coronado Street in Silver Lake

Friday, Aug. 7

• DUI checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Slauson Avenue and Hoover Street in South Los Angeles
• DUI checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Western Avenue and Eighth Street in Koreatown
• DUI checkpoint from 6 to 11:00 p.m. at Victory Boulevard and Babcock Avenue in Valley Glen

Saturday, Aug. 8

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11:00 p.m. in West Valley Division (Encino, Lake Balboa, Mandeville Canyon, Northridge, Reseda, Tarzana, Warner Center)

Sunday, Aug. 9

• saturation patrol from 3 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in Devonshire Division (Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Northridge, Porter Ranch)

Monday, Aug. 10

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11:00 p.m. in North Hollywood Division (Cahuenga Pass, North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake, Universal City, Valley Glen, Valley Village)