Law enforcement officers will be out in force through the Labor Day weekend to look for motorist driving drunk or otherwise violating traffic laws, authorities said today.
The Avoid the 100 Los Angeles County DUI Task Force effort will include sobriety checkpoints and stepped-up patrols in various areas, said Wendy Brewer of the Glendora Police Department.
Between 6 p.m. today and 11:59 p.m. Monday, the California Highway Patrol will conduct a “maximum enforcement” effort in the county and statewide during which all available officers will be on patrol.
“It’s tragic how many people lose their lives to drunk driving,” said Sgt. Sean Karmody of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Traffic Coordination Section.
Among the enforcement efforts are DUI checkpoints by the LAPD at the
following times and locations:
— at 8 p.m., a six-hour checkpoint will begin at Vermont Avenue and
Sixth Street;
— at 8 p.m., a six-hour checkpoint will begin at Roscoe Boulevard and
Gloria Avenue; and
— at 10 p.m., a six-hour checkpoint will begin at Figueroa and Ninth
streets.
Funding for the task force operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
