DUI Checkpoints Scattered Across LA this Weekend

Los Angeles police officers will be out in force this weekend, beginning this afternoon, on the lookout for intoxicated drivers and those without valid licenses.

An eight-hour DUI “saturation patrol” operation will be conducted in the Los Angeles Police Department’s southwest area, beginning at 5 p.m., the LAPD reported.

At 8 p.m., a five-hour “sobriety and driver’s license” checkpoint will begin at Huntington Drive and Poplar Boulevard.

On Saturday at 8 p.m., a five-hour sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint will begin at Sepulveda Boulevard and Parthenia Place.

And on Sunday at 5 p.m., an eight-hour DUI saturation patrol operation will begin in the LAPD’s Foothill area.

The extra work is being paid for with federal funds administered by the California Office of Traffic Safety.

• -City News Service