DUI Checkpoints Planned Across Los Angeles This Week

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 Tuesday 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, April 7

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

Wednesday, April 8

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Balboa Boulevard and Nordhoff Street in Northridge

Thursday, April 9

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Figueroa Street and 9th Street in downtown Los Angeles

Friday, April 10

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at La Brea Boulevard and Rosewood Avenue in the Fairfax District

Saturday, April 11

• saturation 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. in 77th/Southeast Division (Athens Park, Chesterfield Square, Gramercy Park, Hyde Park, South Park-51st and Menlo, Vermont Knolls, Vermont Park, View Heights, Morningside Park, West Park Terrance)

Sunday, April 12

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in 77th/Southeast Division
• saturation patrol from noon to 8 p.m. in North Hollywood Division (Cahuenga Pass, North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake, Toluca Woods, Universal City, Valley Glen, Valley Village, West Toluca)