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7 cited, none arrested for DUI at Lancaster checkpoint

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LANCASTER – No one was arrested for driving under the influence, but seven people were cited for other violations at a DUI checkpoint in Lancaster Friday night and early Saturday morning, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department conducted the checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday, May 20, to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 21, near the intersection of Avenue K and 32nd Street West, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

The results of the checkpoint are as follows:

  • 968 vehicles were contacted.
  • Two motorists were cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license.
  • Four motorists were cited for driving without a license.
  • One vehicle owner was cited for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate the vehicle.

The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road, sheriff’s officials said. Checkpoint locations are determined based on reported incidents of DUI-related crashes, according to the sheriff’s department.

Funding for the Lancaster DUI checkpoint was 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 "7 cited, none arrested for DUI at Lancaster checkpoint"

  1. Why don’t they set up a sting outside Lancaster City Hall and do some arrests for no bid contracts, insider deals, the use of tax money on pet projects like LEAPS, Ecolution, Kensington, and Ecolution, and the purchase of a building in the redevelopment zone by member of the redevelopment board?

  2. No DUI arrests after stopping almost a thousand vehicles?! I think our tax dollars ought to go to something more productive. How many property crimes were committed during this police “safety” checkpoint? How about preventing real crimes? These checkpoints are a waste of time and money.

    • Or maybe word got out and everybody decided not to drink and drive that night, thus preventing would be accidents and crime ; )

      • It would be interesting to see if there was any impact on alcohol sales at local bars. I would be willing to bet there was not.

        • Ok,
          So maybe the punishment these days for DUI are so expensive and devastating to the offender (everybody knows somebody who’s has a DUI) that the thought of the punishment alone has lowered the amount of people who decide to drive drunk.

          So stiff punishments might be a deterrent to committing crimes ; )

          I know it was for me.

          • Gosh, and to think that for most people the thought of sending someone home in a body bag is the real deterrent. But good for you man.

          • No, I was actually making a point about people who only do the right thing for fear of the law instead of because it is the right thing. As a bank robber it is pretty clear that I do not have any great fear of the law motivating me, and yet I do the right thing pretty consistently. You apparently, based on your claim here, just DGAF about putting other people in mortal danger, but are guided by the risk to yourself of a some money and inconvenience. In short, you are a penis.

          • So nobody can get killed or hurt while the bank is being robbed.

            You insufferable twit.

          • Well, no one did, but that’s beside the point. I did the crime, and I did the time. Until you go turn yourself in for the DUIs you got away with you can KMA.

  4. texting and driving is the new DUI.. and you’re check point isn’t going to help.