DUI Checkpoints Around Los Angeles This Weekend

LOS ANGELES, CA — Police will hit the streets looking for drunken drivers with DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols all over Los Angeles this weekend.

The Los Angeles Police Department will conduct saturation patrols Friday evening through Sunday night.

"The deterrent effect of High Visibility Enforcement using both DUI checkpoints and DUI Saturation Patrols has proven to lower the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug impaired traffic collisions," according to the Los Angeles Police Department. "Research shows that collisions involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized proactive DUI operations are conducted routinely."

In 2016, the LAPD investigated more than 2,400 DUI-related collisions that killed 21 people and caused over 1,000 injuries. As of May 20, 2017, there have been 901 DUI-related traffic collisions in Los Angeles, which is a eight percent decrease from 979 collisions in 2016.

DUI Checkpoints and Saturation Patrols:

Friday

DUI Saturation Patrol in the Olympic Area a – 5 P.M. to 1 A.M.

Saturday

DUI/Driver License Checkpoint at Western Avenue at Slauson Avenue, Los Angeles, – 7 P.M. to 12 A.M.

DUI/Driver License Checkpoint at Nordhoff Street at Woodley Avenue, North Hills – 8 P.M. to 1 A.M.

Sunday

DUI Saturation Patrol in the Devonshire Area – 2 P.M. to 10 P.M.

City News Service contributed to this report. Photo: Shutterstock