Crime & Safety
Expect a DUI Checkpoint Tonight in Napa County
As part of intensive DUI enforcement countywide this Labor Day weekend, city police, county sheriff's deputies and the CHP are planning a checkpoint Sunday night, according to this message from the Napa Police Department, which doesn't give a location.
An announcement from the :
For the Labor Day Holiday weekend a DUI Checkpoint will be conducted by the AVOID the 9 coalition of Napa County Law Enforcement agencies in the County of Napa.
The checkpoint will be held an undisclosed location on Sunday night, September 2, 2012.
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All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts.
The CHP will be deploying all available officers onto freeways and county roads during their Maximum Enforcement Period beginning Friday at 6:00 PM.
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Multiple/DUI Driver’s License Checkpoints, Multi Agency DUI Task Force operations and local Roving DUI patrols are set region wide during 18 day Summer/Labor Day Campaign.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make your community safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DUI arrest data collection will continue through Labor Day midnight Monday, September 3, 2012.
Source: City of Napa Police Department
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