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21 arrested, 2 for DUI at Lancaster checkpoint

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LANCASTER – One person was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, one person was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, and 19 more drivers were arrested for other violations at a DUI/ driver’s license checkpoint in Lancaster this past weekend, authorities said.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Traffic Services Detail, in conjunction with Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, conducted the checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday, March 30, to 2 a.m. Saturday, March 31, at Fern Avenue and Avenue I in Lancaster, according to a news release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.

The results of the checkpoint are as follows:

  • 804 vehicles were screened at the checkpoint.
  • One DUI-alcohol suspect was arrested.
  • One DUI-drug impaired suspect was arrested. 
  • One person was arrested for a felony warrant.
  • 18 drivers were arrested for operating a vehicle unlicensed or while suspended/revoked.
  • Two drivers were additionally charged for driving without a court ordered interlock device.
  • 24 citations were issued.

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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13 comments for "21 arrested, 2 for DUI at Lancaster checkpoint"

  2. Then at one point in my life, we had lookouts that would text us so we could avoid the checkpoints. Now that I’m legal, I can’t find one. I’m so happy that I don’t have to look over my shoulder anymore. Checkpoints are a given, and any bitterness I might have had won’t be wasted on this.

  3. Ooooh, did they catch 2 people with a half burned doobie in their ashtray, yet these so-called DUI’s passed the road-side impairment test like an Olympic superstar?

  4. Thank You for getting drunk and high drivers off the road! As well as getting the unlicensed (which also means uninsured) drivers off the road. They have no right to driving a vehicle!

  5. Because that’s 21 less people we have to worry about. Great job! Keep up the good work. If u saved 1 life that night and u kept a drunk individual from driving and killing someone it was worth it.

    • Unlikely anything more than a few months of jail time maximum. Mostly fines. These same people are right back on the road. Catch, release, sport fishing for prize money! (Oh I likes that analogy!!)

      • More like random collection of an arbitrary tax, but sportfishing sounds much more exciting.

  6. I will be doing PRA request and I will fight this because I know they’re moving at the direction for financial gain.not r protection of the people

    • You are absolutely correct. 21 arrests out of 804 cars screened amounts to only 2.6% success rate of this operation. In any other industry, programs with success/outcome rates like that would be immediately defunded and permanently scrapped. So why do the remaining 97.5% of the law abiding citizens continue to endure this type of unwarranted detention?

      • Because the 2.4% are the ones forcing this type action. If there is no check then the number would grow. There were 2 individuals that were driving without a interlock device and 18 driving illegally. if that 2.5% would follow the laws then a zero would add plausibility to scrapping the program. If just one person driving DUI is to many on the road. I lost to people the same night to DUI. The person whom was arrested for driving DUI and the Officer he hit when we were closing down a DUI checkpoint. Imagine my surprise when the CHP was able to track him down and arrest him and it’s a co-worker whom was gave a DUI briefing 18 hours earlier. So if everyone would just follow the law then we wouldn’t have to do DUI checks. The FEW is the problem. So the law abiding citizen has to endure.