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# SMPD checkpoint keeps Friday night sober
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smpd-checkpoint-keeps-friday-night-sober/
- Published: 2006-09-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:24:32.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Happy hour patrons may want to reconsider before hopping behind the wheel after cocktail-hour tonight.

The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a driver’s license and sobriety checkpoint in the 3200 block of Santa Monica Boulevard at some point this evening. The checkpoint is in accordance with a state of California — Office of Traffic Safety grant in support of the “You Drink & Drive. You Lose” national campaign. The goal of the campaign is to reduce the number of victims killed and injured in alcohol-involved crashes in cities participating in the program.

For more information contact SMPD Sgt. Marty Fine at (310) 458-8993\. SM Red Cross offers diversity skills

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 15, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091506.pdf?ref=smdp.com)