San Diego Law Enforcement Join National Labor Day Enforcement Crackdown
The San Diego Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint this Labor Day Weekend on Friday, September 3, 2010. In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol-involved crashes, DUI checkpoints are conducted to identify offenders and get them off the street, as well as educate the public on the dangers of impaired driving.
All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. This DUI checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies. A major goal of these checkpoints is to increase awareness of the dangers of impaired driving and to encourage the use of sober designated drivers.
A DUI checkpoint is a proven effective method for achieving this goal. By publicizing these enforcement and education efforts, the San Diego Police Department believes motorists can be deterred from drinking and driving.
The DUI checkpoint will occur tonight, Friday, September 3, 2010, from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
Traffic volume and weather permitting, all vehicles may be checked and drivers who are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs will be arrested. Our objective is to send a clear message to those who are considering driving a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and/or drugs – Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest. The public is encouraged to help keep roadways safe by calling 9-1-1 to report a suspected impaired driver. Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
San Diego Sheriff’s Department Reports
For the Labor Day Holiday weekend DUI Checkpoints will be conducted in the cities of National City, Poway, San Diego, Imperial Beach, Encinitas and San Marcos. There will also be extra DUI Saturation Patrols deployed in the cities of Del Mar, Vista, Solana Beach, San Marcos, Poway and Encinitas Friday night.
All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts. The CHP will be deploying all available officers onto freeways and county roads during their Maximum Enforcement Period this weekend. Law Enforcement encourages all motorists to help make your community safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DUI arrest data collection will continue through Labor Day midnight Monday, September 6, 2010.
