Sobriety (DUI) Drivers/License Checkpoint

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

Date: July 29, 2010
Contact: Traffic Sergeant Dan Lowe
Subject: Sobriety (DUI) Drivers/License Checkpoint
When: Friday, July 30, 2010
Location: Florence Ave and Orr & Day Rd

Whittier, CA. – On Friday, July 30, 2010, the Whittier Police Department will conduct a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint. The checkpoint will be conducted in the area of Florence Ave. and Orr & Day Rd. in the City of Santa Fe Springs. The time of the checkpoint will be 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM.

The summer months are a dangerous time of the year and your odds of being involved in a drunk driving crash can be high. In 2008 law enforcement statewide reported that 7,801 people were injured or killed in Alcohol Involved Collisions 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, Whittier Police Department believes motorists are deterred from drinking and driving when they know that the DUI crackdowns are underway.

In addition to this DUI operation, law enforcement agencies throughout the region are putting more officers out on checkpoints and DUI roving saturation patrols during the end of August/Labor Day 18 day nationwide anti-DUI effort - Drunk Driving. Over the Limit, Under Arrest!

The checkpoint and other enforcement efforts are part of the Whittier Police Department’s grant project for “DUI Enforcement and Awareness Program.” Officers will also be checking for those who are driving with a suspended driver’s license as well as those who are unlicensed. Any motorist found driving with an invalid license may have their vehicle impounded for 30 days and be issued a citation.

The funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Whittier Police reminds everyone to please, help make your community safe; if you see a Drunk Driver – Call 9-1-1.”

For further information, please contact Sgt. Dan Lowe at 562-945-8256.
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