Full Notification

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 19, 2012

CONTACT: Sergeant Richard Cohen, (661) 255-1121, [email protected]

Santa Clarita- Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint on April 27, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between 6:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officer and the public.

Deputies 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.

All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. “Over the course of the past year, DUI collisions have claimed 2 lives and resulted in 139 wrecks injuring 72 of our friends and neighbors in Santa Clarita,” said Sergeant Cohen.

The DUI Checkpoints are an effort to reduce those tragedies. A major component of these checkpoints is the deterrent effect it has on those who might drive drunk or drugged impaired and bring about more awareness, encouraging everyone to use sober designated drivers.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent.

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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