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# Brief: Cops to check for drunk drivers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/brief-cops-to-check-for-drunk-drivers/
- Published: 2013-04-18T03:07:25.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:06:05.000Z
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Crime, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a DUI/driver's license checkpoint Friday at an undisclosed location within the city limits.

Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, court probation and other expenses that can exceed $10,000, police said.

The DUI checkpoints are a part of an ongoing campaign to reduce the number of people killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes.