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.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 18, 2013. Read the original PDF.