Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Planned in Santa Monica
The checkpoint is part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes.
The Santa Monica Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint later this month.
The checkpoint is set for Friday Aug. 16 at an undisclosed location within the city limits.
Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment.
Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases; as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, court probation and other expenses that can exceed $10,000, according to police.
"Over the course of the past year, traffic collisions involving impaired drivers/riders were involved in 87 collisions; which have killed two and injured 29 people," Santa Monica Police Lt. Jay Trisler said.
Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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