Thursday / Jueves

NEWPORT BEACH (CA) - "Newport Beach police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint from 9 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday. Police will be stopping drivers on northbound Dover Drive at 16th Street." (http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2010/02/11/publicsafety/dpt-checkpoint021210.txt)



Friday / Viernes

ANAHEIM - "The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Bureau hosts a DUI Sobriety and Driver's License checkpoint from 8 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday somewhere along Magnolia Avenue" (http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/anaheim-dui-checkpoint-magnoli/)

NEWPORT BEACH (CA) - "Newport Beach police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint from 9 tonight to 3 a.m. Saturday. Police will be stopping drivers on northbound Dover Drive at 16th Street." (http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2010/02/11/publicsafety/dpt-checkpoint021210.txt)

OUACHITA PARISH (Louisiana) - "The checkpoint will be conducted in Ouachita Parish from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m." (http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100211/UPDATES01/100211028)

PASADENA (CA) - "The checkpoint will be held between 7 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday morning" (http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_14386570)

PLACENTIA (CA) - "The Police Department is holding a drunk driver and driver's license checkpoint in the city from 5 p.m. Friday to 12 a.m. Saturday." (http://www.ocregister.com/news/driver-233473-impaired-driving.html)

WEST COVINA (CA) - "Police will conduct a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint Friday starting at 6 p.m." (http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_14376690)



Saturday / Sábado

LA VERNE (CA) - "The La Verne Police Department will conduct a DUI /driver's license checkpoint from 6 p.m Saturday to 12 a.m. Sunday." (http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_14382642)

CEDAR CITY (UT) - "The Cedar City Youth Alcohol Task Force, along with local area law enforcement, will sponsor a sobriety checkpoint for several hours Saturday afternoon on state Route 143." (http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20100211/NEWS01/2110331/Law+enforcement+to+hold+sobriety+checkpoint)

MODESTO (CA) - "Modesto police will be out looking for drunken drivers Saturday night at a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location within the city. Officers also will be looking for drivers without valid licenses." (http://www.modbee.com/local/story/1043786.html)

PERRIS - "A DUI and driver's license checkpoint is scheduled for Saturday night in Perris, authorities said. The checkpoint begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 2 a.m" (http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_se10_dui.36f71ea.html)

REDLANDS (CA) - "The roadblock will be operated between 10 p.m. Saturday until 3 p.m. Sunday in the eastbound lane of Colton Avenue between New York and Texas Streets" (http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_nb11_duired.3500a27.html)

SANTA BARBARA (CA) - "Police officials plan to stage the roadblock at an undisclosed location in the city from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m." (http://www.thedailysound.com/021210duicheckpoint)

SEAL BEACH (CA) - "Police will hold a sobriety and drivers license checkpoint Saturday on Pacific Coast Highway, officials said. The checkpoint will run from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m." (http://www.ocregister.com/news/checkpoint-233593-police-driving.html)

ESCONDIDO (CA) - "The checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location from 6 p.m. Friday until 1 a.m. Saturday" (http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-02-12/local-county-news/dui-checkpoint-set-up-in-escondido-friday)

FARMINGTON (NM) - "State police plan to conduct DUI checkpoints in the Farmington area Friday and Feb. 19." (http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11975893)

FONTANA - "The checkpoint will be from 6 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at an undisclosed location. " (http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_14392605)

LOS ANGELES - "The Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol will join the USC Department of Public Safety in conducting a sobriety check Saturday night in hopes of catching people who are driving under the influence near campus."

7:30 p.m. SANTA ANA - Santa Ana police will conduct a DUI checkpoint until 1 a.m. Sunday. 1400 E. 1st Street. Contact: Officer Weston Hadley, (714) 245-8216.

SUNSET BEACH - The California Highway Patrol's Westminster office
will conduct a driving under the influence checkpoint until 2 a.m. Sunday.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Huntington Beach police will conduct a driving
under the influence checkpoint until 3 a.m., Sunday, at Beach Boulevard and Slater Avenue.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/city-news/dui-checkpoints-latinos/

City News
Are DUI Checkpoints Targeting Illegal Immigrants?By Dennis Romero, Tuesday, Feb. 16 2010 @ 12:03PMComments (45) Categories: community, crime, economy, politics

​A recent report by California Watch questions whether California's ubiquitous, weekend DUI checkpoints are really nets cast to seize the vehicles of illegal immigrants. The state-aided checkpoints, which net $40 million annually in fines and seizures, are often in or near Latino neighborhoods, and vehicles seized (usually for lack of drivers licenses) mostly come from minorities -- "often illegal immigrants," according to the report.

California Watch states that, despite a 2005 court ruling allows very limited vehicle seizures when a driver is unlicensed, departments across the state have "ratcheted up" vehicle seizures at DUI checkpoints. Last year 24,000 cars and trucks were seized while only 3,200 suspected drunk drivers were arrested at the checkpoints. The report states that illegal immigrants are less likely to challenge a seizure.


Checkpoints in majority Latino cities net the most car seizures, and "sixty-one percent of the checkpoints took place in locations with at least 31 percent Hispanic population," according to the report. Sen. Gil Cedillo has been trying for years to reinstate a California law that gave the right to obtain drivers licenses to anyone -- including the undocumented. Cedillo has said one of his inspirations is seeing illegal immigrants left by the side of the road as their vehicle -- often their most valued possession -- is towed away. Despite promises to the contrary, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his veto threats have continually stood in the way of such a bill.

What's more, California Watch reports, some check points are padded -- often unecessarily so -- with cops, likely because their overtime for working such DUI operations is paid for by the state.

And 2010, the report notes, has been called "the year of the checkpoint" in California, with 2,500 operations scheduled. Vehicles seized from unlicensed drivers can be kept in a tow yard for 30 days (much longer than the one-day stay for drunk driver's cars), netting $1,000 or more in storage and fees that's often split with the local city.

The report states that as cities face budget cuts and declining tax revenues as a result of the recession, they're focusing on vehicle seizures as a money maker. It notes that Montebello -- a city with checkpoints that are among the state's "least effective at getting drunks off the road" -- an incentive program provides the city $200 per tow from a towing company when more than 151 cars are hauled away per month.