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 Wednesday 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:

Wednesday, Aug. 19

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11 p.m. in Central Division (downtown, Chinatown, etc.)

Thursday, Aug. 20

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Roscoe Boulevard and Haskell Avenue in Van Nuys

Friday, Aug. 21

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Nordhoff Street and Haskell Avenue in North Hills
• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Century Boulevard and Western Avenue in South LA
• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. in La Brea Avenue and Oakwood Avenue in the Fairfax District
  

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