Full Notification

National City Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on 01-16-15, at an undisclosed location within the city limits of National City between the hours of 6 PM and 1 AM.
In California, this deadly crime led to 802 deaths and nearly 24,000 serious injuries in 2012 because someone failed to designate a sober driver. Nationally, the latest data shows nearly 10,000 were killed by an impaired driver. Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 7 lives and resulted in 160 DUI related collision crashes harming numerous friends and neighbors in just our jurisdiction according to the NCPD Traffic Sergeant.
DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public.