DUI Checkpoint Coming Up In SWR

LAKE ELSINORE CA —A DUI/driver license checkpoint will be conducted in Lake Elsinore Friday at an undisclosed location, with deputies looking for signs of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, along with checking for proper licensing, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies from the local station will hold the operation from Friday, Aug. 30 at 9 p.m. to Saturday, Aug. 31 at 3 a.m. at a location selected from collision statistics and the frequency of impaired-driving arrests, the agency said.

Deputies reminded motorists that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.”

"If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating-machinery warning on the label, you might be impaired enough to get a DUI," the department said. "Marijuana can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs, and can result in a DUI."

For arrest results from the DUI checkpoint held in Temecula over the weekend, follow this link.

Funding for the checkpoint is provided to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Lake Elsinore Station by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety.

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