Drunk Driving DUI Law

But it might as well have been called the Year of Taking Your Car. Because, while the number of DUI checkpoints in fiscal 2010 was double that of 2009, there were six cars impounded for every one DUI arrest, according to California Watch. It also reports there were 1,050 of the state-funded checkpoints during the [...]

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A St. Patrick’s Day DUI checkpoint was conducted Wednesday night along South Main Street in Salinas. During the checkpoint 1,234 vehicles passed through and approximately 700 vehicles were contacted by officers, according to the Salinas Police Department. There were nine unlicensed drivers citations and two suspended license citations, police said. There were also three warrant [...]

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An investigation by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley with California Watch has found that impounds at checkpoints in 2009 generated an estimated $40 million in towing fees and police fines – revenue that cities divide with towing firms. Additionally, police officers received about $30 million in overtime pay for the DUI crackdowns, funded [...]

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Visalia police officers will be stopping cars at two DUI checkpoints in Visalia this weekend, according to a department news release. Police will be checking all vehicles at the undisclosed locations and arresting drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The operation is financed by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. [...]

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The Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 23. Drivers found to be under the influence of alcohol or other drugs will be arrested, and unlicensed drivers may get cited and their vehicles impounded for 30 days, according to a release from the Placentia police. [...]

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El Cerrito and Albany police are planning to conduct sobriety and driver’s license checkpoints on San Pablo Avenue on Friday night, El Cerrito police announced Tuesday. El Cerrito police will be setting up their checkpoint in the southbound lanes of San Pablo Avenue between Carlson Boulevard and the south city limits between 8:30 p.m. and [...]

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Local police are teaming up with law enforcement agencies across the nation to take part in the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” crackdown through Jan. 3. “Avoid the 9 — Napa County” law enforcement agencies will staff a checkpoint in the city of Napa, host a multi-agency task force operation in Napa County [...]

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California traffic safety officials have declared 2010 as “The Year of the Checkpoint,” as an addition $8 million in funding will be provided for DUI checkpoints in California. The $8 million in grant funding to 148 law enforcement agencies is up from $5 million in 2009. There will be more than 2,500 sobriety checkpoints in [...]

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South Lake Tahoe Police will conduct two check points for intoxicated drivers during the next eight days. The Lake Tahoe DUI checkpoints will be held from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Aug. 21 and 27, Sgt. Shannon Laney said in a statement. These nights are designed to heighten driver awareness of DUI’s, the danger [...]

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Marin, California police are planning DUI checkpoints the next 3 weekends leading up to the Labor Day holiday the Marin Journal has reported. The first checkpoint will be from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday in San Rafael, while the second take place from 6 p.m. Aug. 28 to 2 a.m. Aug. 29 in [...]

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