DUI Checkpoints Planned Across Los Angeles This Week

LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this weekend with a series of DUI checkpoints and extra patrols across the city beginning Tuesday night.

The DUI checkpoint locations target areas with a record of impaired driving-related crashes and arrests. Police will also be checking to ensure drivers are properly licensed, according to the LAPD.

"The Los Angeles Police Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol," department officials said in a written release. "Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal."

Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the LAPD.

The checkpoints and patrols will take place as follows:

Tuesday, April 21

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Hollywood Division

Wednesday, April 22

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in Central Division (Downtown Los Angeles, Fashion District, Jewelry District, Little Tokyo, Solano Canyon, etc.)

• saturation patrol from 4 p.m. to midnight in 77th/Southeast Division

Thursday, April 23

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Vermont Avenue and 1st Street in Koreatown

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Whittier Boulevard and Fresno Street in Boyle Heights

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Reseda Boulevard and Clark Street in Tarzana

Friday, April 24

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Santa Monica Boulevard and Bronson Avenue in Hollywood

• saturation patrol from 3 to 11 p.m. in 77th Division

Saturday, April 25

• checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in 77th / Southeast Division

Sunday, April 26

• checkpoint from 6 to 11 p.m. at Wilshire Boulevard and Valencia Street in Westlake

• saturation patrol from noon to 8 p.m. in West Valley Division (Encino, Lake Balboa, Mandeville Canyon, Northridge, Reseda, Tarzana, Warner Center)

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