Checkpoint Planned In Petaluma

PETALUMA, CA — The Petaluma Police Department announced its plans to conduct a DUI/driver's license checkpoint this Fourth of July holiday weekend. The checkpoint will be held between 6 p.m. Saturday, June 30 and 2 a.m. Sunday, July 1 at an undisclosed location in the city, Petaluma police DUI Enforcement Officer Bob Sutherland said in a news release.

"Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment, with officers checking drivers for proper licensing, delaying motorists only momentarily," Sutherland said.

Specially trained officers will be available to evaluate those suspected of drug-impaired driving, which now accounts for a growing number of impaired driving crashes.

Over the course of the past three years, Petaluma police officers have investigated 204 DUI collisions which claimed one life and resulted in another 76 injuries.

Funding for the checkpoint is provided to the Petaluma Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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