DUI CHECKPOINT NETS TWO DRIVERS.Byline: Daily News California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers were out in force Friday night conducting a six-hour, large-scale sobriety checkpoint in Palmdale to protect the safety of motorists and pedestrians. Two arrests were made for driving under the influence of alcohol after the motorists failed a breath analysis. Their cars were towed. Officials said that out of the more than 500 cars that passed through the checkpoint, the two arrests were fewer than they had anticipated. The checkpoint was held on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling near Avenue Q and lasted from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials brought out specialists in the area of impaired driving identification for the event. Officials say they will continue to conduct regular sobriety checkpoints Sobriety checkpoints or roadblocks involve law enforcement officials stopping every vehicle (or more typically, every nth vehicle) on a public roadway and investigating the possibility that the driver might be impaired to drive. throughout the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley to prevent innocent motorists and pedestrians from being injured or killed by impaired drivers. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: A California Highway Patrol officer talks to a motorist passing through a sobriety checkpoint in Palmdale on Friday night. Of more than 500 motorists tested, only two were arrested. Paul Weatherman/Special to the Daily News |
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