Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor COVINA - Police plan a DUI and driver license checkpoint scheduled for Friday, September 29.
The checkpoint is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday, September 30, according to Covina Police in a written statement. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and drug intoxication in drivers, while also checking for proper licensing. Specially-trained officers will evaluate drivers who are suspect of driving DUI, Covina Police said. “In California, alcohol involved collisions led to 1,155 deaths and nearly 24,000 serious injuries in 2014 because someone failed to designate a sober driver. Over the course of the past three years Covina PD officers have investigated over 57 DUI collisions which have resulted in approximately 14 injuries,” Covina Police said in a written statement. Funding for this checkpoint is provided to Covina Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Written by AARON CASTREJON | CityWatch Editor COVINA - Heads up, Covina! Police are planning a DUI and driver license checkpoint for Saturday, April 14.
The checkpoint will take place at an undisclosed location from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sunday, April 15. Police want to remind drivers that DUI just doesn’t mean booze, that marijuana and prescription drugs impair driving. Police also tout the deterrent effect that well-publicized DU checkpoints have at preventing DUI crashes, reducing such collisions by as much as 20 percent. Checkpoints are chosen when taking collision statistics and the frequency of DUI arrests into consideration, Covina Police said. Funding for this checkpoint is provided to the Covina Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. |
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