PIEDMONT — Drivers heeded the warning of “Don’t Drink and Drive,” resulting in no arrests at the Piedmont-Oakland “Avoid the 21 Double DUI Checkpoint” held over Labor Day weekend.
Eight drivers were evaluated by police, two for sobriety and six for driver’s license violations, Piedmont’s interim police Chief Scott Wyatt said. Three citations for driving license violations were issued, with 556 vehicles screened at the checkpoint.
Wyatt said no vehicles were towed “as we were able to secure drivers with valid driver’s licenses for vehicle removal from the checkpoint.”
The checkpoint took place in the 1200 block of Grand Avenue, an area determined as having a high occurrence of DUI collisions and arrests, said Piedmont police Sgt. Robert Wells. It was run on both sides of the thoroughfare.
Wyatt said traffic flow during the checkpoint period was sparse and slow.
“Three outside agency officers left at approximately 2230 hours (10:30 p.m.), and the traffic flow was averaging 40 to 45 vehicles per hour. The decision was made to terminate the checkpoint at 0002 hours (12:02 a.m.) on Sept. 3.”
Piedmont’s checkpoint was to run from 7 p.m. Sunday to 2 a.m. Monday.
The Avoid the 21 events were staffed by officers from Fremont, Dublin, Livermore, Piedmont and Oakland. According to Jan Ford, a public information officer for Alameda County law enforcement, one police jurisdiction ran a DUI warrants sweep on Sunday, with officers
Eight drivers were evaluated by police, two for sobriety and six for driver’s license violations, Piedmont’s interim police Chief Scott Wyatt said. Three citations for driving license violations were issued, with 556 vehicles screened at the checkpoint.
Wyatt said no vehicles were towed “as we were able to secure drivers with valid driver’s licenses for vehicle removal from the checkpoint.”
The checkpoint took place in the 1200 block of Grand Avenue, an area determined as having a high occurrence of DUI collisions and arrests, said Piedmont police Sgt. Robert Wells. It was run on both sides of the thoroughfare.
Wyatt said traffic flow during the checkpoint period was sparse and slow.
“Three outside agency officers left at approximately 2230 hours (10:30 p.m.), and the traffic flow was averaging 40 to 45 vehicles per hour. The decision was made to terminate the checkpoint at 0002 hours (12:02 a.m.) on Sept. 3.”
Piedmont’s checkpoint was to run from 7 p.m. Sunday to 2 a.m. Monday.
The Avoid the 21 events were staffed by officers from Fremont, Dublin, Livermore, Piedmont and Oakland. According to Jan Ford, a public information officer for Alameda County law enforcement, one police jurisdiction ran a DUI warrants sweep on Sunday, with officers
Police say a wrong way driver caused a head-on crash Monday morning on the Lloyd Expressway.
It happened around 5:40 a.m. near I-164. Police say 47-year-old Lazara Correa was driving under the influence, and driving in the wrong lanes when he hit a car head-on. The other driver, a young woman, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Law enforcement say extra patrols and sobriety checkpoints around Labor Day are necessary to try and keep these kind of accidents from happening.
Indiana State Police were here last night conducting a sobriety checkpoint outside of Castle High School, along 261 and Vann Road. It’s the second of three they’re doing over this Labor Day weekend and they’ll be out again Monday night, somewhere in Warrick County to try to catch drunk drivers in the act.
“We have people out there looking, so we’re doing our job,” said ISP Sergeant Tom Weber.
Weber looks over data showing where in our region, DUI arrests and alcohol related crashes happen most before manning another sobriety checkpoint Monday night.
“If we have to, we’ll take people to jail and that’s part of our job also,” Weber said. “We’d much rather take
It happened around 5:40 a.m. near I-164. Police say 47-year-old Lazara Correa was driving under the influence, and driving in the wrong lanes when he hit a car head-on. The other driver, a young woman, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Law enforcement say extra patrols and sobriety checkpoints around Labor Day are necessary to try and keep these kind of accidents from happening.
Indiana State Police were here last night conducting a sobriety checkpoint outside of Castle High School, along 261 and Vann Road. It’s the second of three they’re doing over this Labor Day weekend and they’ll be out again Monday night, somewhere in Warrick County to try to catch drunk drivers in the act.
“We have people out there looking, so we’re doing our job,” said ISP Sergeant Tom Weber.
Weber looks over data showing where in our region, DUI arrests and alcohol related crashes happen most before manning another sobriety checkpoint Monday night.
“If we have to, we’ll take people to jail and that’s part of our job also,” Weber said. “We’d much rather take
No arrests were made during a DUI checkpoint Sunday night in Santee.
Deputies at the checkpoint, which was held from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at 8756 Mast Blvd., administered one field sobriety test, but no arrests were made, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies issued eight non-DUI related citations, including a citation that was issued to a passenger for possession of marijuana.
Of the 738 vehicles that encountered the checkpoint, 738 were contacted and 16 were sent to a secondary area for further inspection, according to officials. Four vehicles were impounded
Deputies at the checkpoint, which was held from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at 8756 Mast Blvd., administered one field sobriety test, but no arrests were made, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies issued eight non-DUI related citations, including a citation that was issued to a passenger for possession of marijuana.
Of the 738 vehicles that encountered the checkpoint, 738 were contacted and 16 were sent to a secondary area for further inspection, according to officials. Four vehicles were impounded
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