Costa Mesa Memorial Day weekend DUI Checkpoint results in One (1) DUI arrest

Another weekend, another sobriety checkpoint, another ten thousand in officer overtime.

Costa Mesa Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on May 26, 2012, at W. 19th Street and Pomona Ave., between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.

DUI Checkpoints statistically are not even nearly as effective as DUI Saturation Patrols in apprehending and arresting persons actually driving under the influence.  However, since all the federal, state, and MADD funding is done to support DUI checkpoints, law enforcement prefers them for monetary reasons.  The statistics for this DUI checkpoint, with a 0.00187% arrest rate, bear this out yet again.  Ah, politics.

The checkpoint resulted in the following:
532 Vehicles through the checkpoint
532 Vehicles Screened
1 DUI-Alcohol suspect arrested
0 DUI-Drug impaired suspect arrested

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 at 3:52 pm and is filed under Dui Checkpoints. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Memorial Day DUI Chekpoints in PA

For many of the Memorial Day long weekend marks the official start of the summer.  For police it marks the official start of DUI hunting season.

Watch out for DUI checkpoints in PA this weekend

While many of us will be out enjoying all that Pennsylvania has to offer with family and friends, police are hard at work planning DUI checkpoints on major roadways.

At The McShane Firm, we encourage all drivers to make safe and responsible decisions.  We also believe that the entire population of Pennsylvania should not be subject to unwarranted searches at DUI checkpoints.  We want to avoid this infringement on our rights as a citizen to be simply left alone from warrantless intrusion by the Government. The fact of the matter is, the motivations behind DUI checkpoints are financial and political.   They are not an effective law enforcement tool.

Once again this holiday weekend Pennsylvania DUI Blog will be posting timely updates on the location of DUI checkpoints this Memorial Day Weekend.  We encourage you to share this post with your friends.  You can follow our Pennsylvania DUI Checkpoint Feed for the latest updates.

If you would like to share information about a checkpoint, please use the comment section below.

If you are pulled over for a DUI or stopped at a checkpoint please make sure to read: Our Guide on how to save yourself from a false DUI arrest.

The patrols will be in place between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. throughout the South Hills and West End sections of the City.

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Pittsburgh DUI Checkpoint Memorial Day Weekend

Pittsburgh police will conduct sobriety checkpoints/roadblocks this Memorial Day weekend.

The patrols will be in place between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. throughout the South Hills and West End sections of the City.

If anyone has more information please share it.

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OC Sheriff’s Announce DUI Checkpoints and Roving Patrols this Memorial Day Weekend

Sobriety Checkpoints are announced for Friday, May 25: in the City of Dana Point (Orange County Sheriff’s Dept.) – starting at 6:00 P.M., and City of Fullerton – starting at 8:00 P.M.  Santa Ana Times reports a Santa Ana DUI checkpoint with no further details.
The following police departments have DUI Saturation Patrols scheduled in their respective cities during the Memorial Day Weekend period (Friday – Monday): Anaheim, Brea, Irvine, Laguna Beach, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Westminster and the UCI Police Department Sheriff’s deputies will staff extra DUI units in their contract cities supplementing the normal patrol units.

California Highway Patrol Maximum Enforcement Period: CHP will deploy all available officers to the region’s freeways and unincorporated roads beginning 6:00 P.M. Friday through midnight Monday.

Be safe.  But if you need an Orange County DUI Lawyer, call me at (877) 568-2977.

Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

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This entry was posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at 1:42 pm and is filed under Dui Checkpoints, DUI News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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