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More Than 1,000 Vehicles Put Through Petaluma DUI Checkpoint

Police screened 1,043 vehicles and cited 14 motorists for license violations during Friday's six-hour operation.

PETALUMA, CA — Petaluma police arrested two drivers on suspicion of DUI and another for violating a criminal protection order during a checkpoint.

Police operated the checkpoint on Petaluma Boulevard North near Gossage Avenue from 6 p.m. until midnight beginning Friday.

Officers screened 1,043 vehicles and cited 14 drivers for operating a vehicle without a license or with a suspended or revoked license.

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Police said they choose DUI checkpoint locations based on reported impaired-driving crashes.

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