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El Cajon PD Press Releases>
DUI Check Point Results
December 30, 2009
EL CAJON POLICE DEPT. - PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION SHEET
TYPE OF INCIDENT: D.U.I./D.L. CHECKPOINT
DATE: 7 PM December 29, 2009 ? 2 AM December 30, 2009
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 1000 El Cajon Blvd.
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 30th, 2009
El Cajon Police Department Partners in
Special Holiday DUI Crackdown
El Cajon PD Joins Effort to Deploy 1 of 300
Sobriety Checkpoint over the Holidays
(El Cajon, Calif.) ?The El Cajon Police Department has joined law enforcement across the state as part of California?s 18 Day Holiday DUI Crackdown Campaign with law enforcement agencies deploying 300 DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints statewide. Funding for the special enforcement campaign, December 16, 2009 through January 3, 2010 comes from a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Tuesday evening, the El Cajon Police Department conducted a DUI check point in the 1000 block of El Cajon Blvd. near Washington Ave. El Cajon police officers began checking vehicles at about 7 pm and the check point continued well after midnight. A total of 1362 vehicles passed through the check point and a total of 834 drivers were contacted.
As a result of the check point, 34 vehicles were impounded, mostly for operators driving on suspended driver?s licenses. Six people were arrested, one for DUI and five others for felony charges including possession of a billy club and possession and transportation of drugs for sale. One driver was arrested for carrying a concealed handgun while two others tried to drive a stolen vehicle through the check point. All were arrested without incident.
The El Cajon Police Department plans to conduct further check points in the future at various sites throughout the city. Please join the El Cajon Police Department in keeping our roadways safe and report all suspected drunk drivers.
Prepared by: Lt. Jeff Davis Div: SED Date/Time: December 30th, 2009
Pat Sprecco, CHIEF OF POLICE
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