Full Notification

Petaluma Police Department

DUI/DL CHECKPOINT RESULTS

Checkpoints Net 2 DUI Arrest

Petaluma, California – On Saturday night September  12, 2015, between the hours of 6:00pm and 2:00am Sunday morning, the Petaluma Police Department conducted two DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoints in Petaluma.  The first checkpoint was set up to screen NB drivers on Payran Street near Jefferson Street from 6pm to 9pm.  The second checkpoint was set up to screen EB drivers on East Washington Street at Lakeville Street between 10pm and 2am.  The purpose of the checkpoint operation was to raise public awareness about the dangers associated with impaired driving and to take enforcement action against impaired drivers and those driving with a suspended license or no license at all. 

The checkpoints reported the following results:

                638 vehicles went through the checkpoint

                592 drivers screened by officers for signs of DUI and license checks

                39 drivers directed into nearby parking area for further investigation.

                13 drivers were administered Field Sobriety Tests

                10 drivers arrested.

                2 drivers arrested for DUI

                                Marcus Rossi, 34year old Novato resident

                                Sophia Perez, 27 year old Petaluma resident

                3 drivers arrested for driving with a suspended license

                5 drivers arrested were for driving without a license

                3 vehicles were towed from the checkpoint

                2 vehicles were impounded for 30 days.

Funding for this program and the AVOID the 13 DUI Task Force has been provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.   OTS Grant Project PT1573.

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