Sobriety/ Driver’s License Checkpoint
What: Sobriety & Drivers License Checkpoint
When: Friday, July 23, 2010
8 P.M. - 2 A.M.
Where: Ventura Boulevard between Eureka Drive and Fruitland Drive
North Hollywood, California
Who: Emergency Operations Division
Why: The LAPD is continuing its efforts at lowering the number of persons killed and injured in
alcohol involved crashes locally and through the county’s Avoid DUI Task Force Campaign
sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint. Personnel will be checking drivers to identify
offenders and get them off the street, as well as heightening awareness to the dangers of
impaired driving.
The summer months are a dangerous time of the year and your odds of being involved in an
alcohol involved collision can be high. In 2008 law enforcement statewide reported that 7, 801
people were injured or killed during the three summer months of June, July and August.
A major component of the checkpoints, beyond taking dangerous drivers off the road, is to
increase awareness of the consequences of impaired driving and to encourage using sober
designated drivers. A DUI checkpoint is a proven effective method for achieving this goal. By
publicizing these enforcement and education efforts, the LAPD believes motorists are deterred
from drinking and driving
The LAPD will also be partnering in this summer Avoid 100 – DUI Campaign where all law
enforcement agencies will put additional officers out on checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols
at the end of August/Labor Day nationwide anti-DUI effort, Over the Limit, Under Arrest!
Law enforcement encourages everyone to Report Drunk Drivers, Call 911! Funding for this
operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For further information, please contact Officer
Don Inman, Emergency Operations Division, at (213) 486-0703.
Address/Location
LAPD - North Hollywood Area
11640 Burbank Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 91601
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 818-755-7679