DUI Checkpoints Planned Across Los Angeles This Week

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this week 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:

Monday, July 6

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11 p.m. in Devonshire Division (Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Northridge, Porter Ranch)
• saturation patrol from 3 to 11 p.m. in Olympic Division (Koreatown, Arlington Heights)

Wednesday, July 8

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Rampart Division (Angelino Heights, Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown, Lafayette Park, MacArthur Park, Pico-Union, Temple-Beaudry, Virgil Village, Westlake)
• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Reseda Boulevard and Devonshire Street in Northridge

Thursday, July 9

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Figueroa and Ninth streets in downtown Los Angeles

Friday, July 10

• saturation patrol from 6 p.m. to midnight in 77th Division/Southeast divisions
• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Van Nuys Boulevard and Oneida Avenue in Pacoima

Sunday, July 12

• saturation patrol from noon to 8 p.m. in Foothill Division (La Tuna Canyon, Lake View Terrace, Pacoima, Shadow Hills, Sun Valley, Sunland, Tujunga)