DUI Checkpoints To Be Held In Sherman Oaks And Van Nuys

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department will conduct DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols across the city this weekend thanks to funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety.

On Friday a DUI checkpoint will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. in Los Angeles along Manchester and Denver avenues while a saturation patrol will be conducted form 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Hollenbeck area, according to the department. Checkpoints will also be held on Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. around Ventura Boulevard and Columbus Avenue in Sherman Oaks and Victory Boulevard and Woodley Avenue in Van Nuys.

A saturation patrol will be held in the 77th Street area from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., the department said in a statement.

The checkpoints were chosen based on the areas' history of DUI-related collision and arrests, the department said. They are not meant as a deterrent to impaired driving rather than a means to arrest drivers.

“The safety of our community is and always will be our mission,” Commander Gerald Woodyard said in a statement. “We are still out there looking for impaired drivers because driving under the influence is still dangerous.”

Drivers arrested and charged with a DUI are required to pay $13,500 in fines and penalties in addition to having their license suspended, according to the department.