Heads Up: DUI Checkpoint Planned Tonight In Sonoma County

SONOMA COUNTY, CA – A DUI/Driver's License checkpoint will be conducted tonight -- Friday, Nov. 4 -- at an undisclosed location within the city of Santa Rosa, according to police,

The operation will run from 7 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Santa Rosa police said.

The checkpoint was orifinally scheduled for last weekend, however, due to the rainy weather, the operation was rescheduled for tonight.

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

Drivers caught driving impaired can expect a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $15,000 not to mention the embarrassment when friends and family find out, police said.

Funding for this checkpoint is provided to Santa Rosa Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reminding everyone to "Report Drunk Driver – Call 911."

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