Tahnee Lightfoot, Media Contact

Glendale, CA – The Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on February 6, 2016, at Los Feliz Road and Gardena Avenue between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.   

DUI/Driver’s License checkpoints have been shown to lower DUI deaths and injuries.  A major component of these checkpoints are the deterrent effects it has on those who might drive drunk or drugged impaired, bringing about more awareness and encouraging everyone to use sober designated drivers. 

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6.00 for every $1.00 spent.  Ninety Percent of California drivers approve of checkpoints. 

DUI Checkpoint Results: 

  1,684  Vehicles through the checkpoint

  1,424  Vehicles stopped          

  74  Vehicles screened

  19  Field Sobriety Tests

   6   Vehicles towed

   2   DUI Alcohol arrests

   4   DUI Drugs

   2   Suspended California driver’s license arrests

   5   Unlicensed driver arrests

   1   Felony arrest

   3   Miscellaneous citations

The checkpoint was funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1!

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