LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol's Clear Lake Office is planning to hold a sobriety checkpoint this Monday, Sept. 1.
The checkpoint will take place from 4 to 11:59 p.m., the CHP said.
“The desired result is to save lives and make everyone's Labor Day excursion – for both our community residents and those visiting our beautiful county – a safe and pleasurable memory,” said Lt. Hector Paredes, the new commander of the Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said the checkpoint will be staffed by officers who are trained in the detection of alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers.
Drug recognition experts, certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will be on site to provide on-the-spot assessments of drivers suspected of drug abuse, the CHP said.
The officers also will be equipped with state-of-the-art handheld breath devices which the CHP said provide an accurate measure of blood alcohol concentrations of suspected impaired drivers.
Paredes said that, traffic volume permitting, all vehicles will be checked and drivers who are under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both can expect to be arrested.
The goal, Paredes said, is to ensure the safe passage of each and every motorist by targeting roads where there is a high frequency of drunk driving.
DUI enforcement patrols, as well as sobriety checkpoints, are effective tools for achieving this goal and are designed to augment existing patrol operations, Paredes said.
“By publicizing our efforts, we believe that we can deter motorists from drinking and driving,” Paredes said.
Funding for the program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
CHP plans sobriety checkpoint Monday
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