Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Set for Next Week
The checkpoint is part of a campaign to reduce the number of alcohol-involved crashes in Santa Monica.
Santa Monica Police will hold a DUI checkpoint next week.
The checkpoint will be held on Friday, April 19, SMPD Sgt. Richard Lewis said. A location and time were not disclosed.
Drivers caught during the operation could face fines and fees reaching up to $10,000.
"Over the course of the past year, traffic collisions involving impaired drivers/riders were involved in 91 collisions; which have killed 3 and injured 28 people," Lt. Jay Trisler said.
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Police encouraged residents and visitors to designate a driver or take a taxi.
Funding for the operation came from a grant provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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