3 DUI Checkpoints Planned In SFV 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, May 19

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11:00 p.m. in Hollywood Division

Wednesday, May 20

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Roscoe and Topanga Canyon boulevards in Canoga Park
• saturation patrol 4 p.m. to midnight in 77th and Southeast division

Thursday, May 21

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at York Boulevard and Figueroa Street in Highland Park

Friday, May 22

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Washington Boulevard and Yale Street in Venice
• saturation patrol 4 p.m. to midnight in Van Nuys Division (Sherman Oaks, Valley Glen, Van Nuys)

Saturday, May 23

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Roscoe Boulevard and Noble Avenue in Panorama City
• saturation patrol from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in 77th and Southeast divisions

Sunday, May 24

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. on Sherman Way and Woodman Boulevard in Valley Glen
• saturation patrol from 3 to 11 p.m. in Harbor Division (Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Wilmington)