Full Notification

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Lt. Scott Walters PHONE: (760) 839-4901

DATE: 08/17/19

DUI Checkpoint Results

The Escondido Police Department arrested one individual while conducting a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on August 16, 2019. The subject was arrested for driving under the influence. The checkpoint was located at El Norte Parkway and Washington Av.

Following are additional results from this event:

1619 vehicles drove through the checkpoint.
915 vehicles were screened in primary.
54 vehicles were sent to secondary screening (drivers who could not produce a driver’s license or who were suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs)
31 total citations were issued during the checkpoint. (7 for suspended license, 22 for unlicensed driver, 1 child restraint)
2 Field sobriety tests
DUI educational material was distributed during the checkpoint

DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests. Last year the Escondido Police Department investigated 90 DUI collisions that killed 4 people and injured 120 others.

Drivers caught driving impaired and charged with DUI can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to be approximately $13,500. This includes fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspension and other expenses not to mention possible jail time.

The Escondido Department reminds drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” Prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the label, can impair and result in a DUI. Marijuana can also be impairing, especially in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

The Escondido Police Department will be conducting other DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint and DUI Saturation Patrol throughout the year in our ongoing commitment to take suspected impaired drivers off our streets and highways, ultimately lowering the risk for deaths and injuries.

Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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