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The Richmond Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint in the Richmond Hilltop area on Friday, Jan. 29, from approximately 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Police have been holding checkpoints at DUI crash and arrest hotspots in the city.
“The safety of our community is and always will be our mission,” Sgt. Donovan Decious said. “We are still out there looking for impaired drivers because driving under the influence is still dangerous.”
Drivers charged with DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, police said.
The checkpoint is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
FAIRFIELD Five drivers were arrested by police for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, including marijuana, during DUI checkpoints Jan. 8 and Jan. 15.
The checkpoints occurred on the 1500 block of West Texas Street and the 2500 block of North Texas Street.
A total of 1,500
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FAIRFIELD The Police Department will conduct a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint Friday on the 1700 block of West Texas Street.
Checkpoints to enforce impaired driving and driving without a license are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, the Police D
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Sometimes failure is a good thing.
While Lathrop Police Services didn’t issue any citations for driving under the influence prior to Christmas at a Lathrop Road checkpoint, Police Chief Ryan Biedermann views the results as a win for the people of Lathrop – a good marker heading in the holiday season that people are being more responsible when it comes to climbing behind the wheel of a car.
“In this day and age there is really no excuse for drinking and driving, “Biedermann said. “We checked over 400 cars and while we issued 12 citations for different things – unlicensed drivers, etc. – the checkpoint went off without a hitch and we didn’t have anybody under the influence which is a good thing.