LANCASTER – Eleven field sobriety tests were administered but no one was arrested for driving under the influence at a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint conducted in Lancaster Friday night and early Saturday morning, authorities said.
The checkpoint was conducted at Avenue L and 27th Street West between the hours of 6 p.m. Friday, July 10, and 2 a.m. Saturday, July 11, according to Detective Michael Politano of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
According to Politano, the results from the checkpoint are as follows:
* 1304 vehicles traveled through the checkpoint.
* 1244 drivers were checked at the checkpoint.
* Eight suspended drivers were arrested and sent to court.
* Eight unlicensed drivers were arrested and sent to court.
* One suspect was arrested for allowing an unlicensed driver to drive their vehicle.
* Eight vehicles were impounded for 30 days.
* One vehicle was stored for one day.
* Seven vehicles were released per checkpoint release procedures.
* 11 field sobriety tests were given.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting additional DUI/driver’s license checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols throughout the year as part of an ongoing commitment to lowering deaths and injuries upon streets and highways.
Funding for these operations is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Wayside says
Tim what happens when we get rid of the checkpoints and drunk drivers increase the killing streak. Smh gotta protect what we have first
Tim Scott says
Can you explain how you think a checkpoint that did not net a single drunk driver did anything to prevent “increasing the killing streak”? The local authorities aren’t even interested in this “killing streak” you are talking about.
The feds put up funds because THEY are worried about it, and our local authorities have found a way to use those funds to generate funds that are more general purpose. If you are genuinely concerned about drunk drivers killing people you should be outraged that the federal funding supplied specifically to address your legitimate concerns are being wasted this way.
Tim Scott says
Way to shift those funds! Take grant money directed towards getting drunks off the roads and pay officers to generate fines and impound fees that feed the general fund. That’ll teach those dirty feds for giving us money and trying to tell us what to do with it!
Uncle Tom says
So you leave a comment here because no arrest were made for DUI, but you leave the earlier story from Palmdale’s DUI checkpoint alone because actual DUI arrests were made?
But I guess NOT using the money is better than at least ATTEMPTING to use it to catch suspected DUI drivers right?
Claire says
Great answer! Absolutely no consistency.