DUI Checkpoint Planned In SFV 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 Tuesday night, including in the San Fernando Valley.

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 5

• checkpoint from 6 to 11:00 p.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Coronado Street in Silver Lake
• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in 77th/Southeast Division

Wednesday, May 6

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Central Division (downtown, Chinatown, Arts District, etc.)

Thursday, May 7

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Gage Avenue and Central Avenue in South Los Angeles

Friday, May 8

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Roscoe Boulevard and Haskell Street in Van Nuys
• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Western Avenue and 8th Street in Koreatown
• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Mission Division (Arleta, North Hills, Mission Hills, Panorama City, Sylmar)

Saturday, May 9

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Newton Division (Fashion District, Pueblo Del Rio, South Park-Entertainment)
• saturation patrol from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in 77th/Southeast Division

Sunday, May 10

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in 77th and Southeast Division

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