Tue. Dec 3rd, 2024
SAPD DUI Checkpoint

The SAPD conducted a DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday night. They have released the results:

  • 1,200 vehicles screened
  • 17 citations issued
  • 4 DUI arrests

These Checkpoints are funded by the State of California’s Office of Traffic Safety. Typically the police officers who work at these Checkpoints are hand-picked by the Chief of Police and get quite a bit of overtime pay.

This Checkpoint generated four DUI arrests which is good news. Taking drunks off the street is a major public safety win!

It is hard to say what the 17 citations were for. These are likely Vehicle Code Violations and could include:

  • Speeding
  • Driving without a valid license
  • Following too closely
  • Red-light tickets
  • Unsafe lane changes
  • Disobeying a police officer
  • Evading a police officer
  • Forgery or falsification of registration stickers
  • Failure to attach or display a license plate
  • Defacing or interfering with a traffic control device
  • Driving through a safety zone

Typically police departments will stage motorcycle officers around the Checkpoint. If they see a car try to evade the Checkpoint they will pull them over and do a spot check to see if the driver is under the influence.

One more tip – the police officers can cite you for DUI for drugs as well as alcohol including use of marijuana.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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