Crime & Safety

DUI Checkpoint Scheduled In Lake Elsinore

"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."

The Lake Elsinore Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/driver's license checkpoint on Friday, April 12, at an undisclosed location within the city limits, it was announced.

"Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Officers will also check for proper licensing and will strive to delay motorists only momentarily. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $10,000," said Sgt. Peter Giannakakos, who serves out of the Lake Elsinore Sheriff's Station.

In the past 12 months, the Lake Elsinore Police Department investigated 29 DUI collisions in which three persons were injured and two were killed; additionally, during this time, the Lake Elsinore Police Department made more than 200 DUI arrests, according to the sergeant.

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"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," he said.

"DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving alcohol drop by an average of 20 percent when well-publicized checkpoints are conducted often enough," the sergeant added.

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Funding for this checkpoint is provided to the Lake Elsinore Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


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