The San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced that 122 driving under the influence (DUI) arrests were made in San Diego County from 12:01am Friday, December 17th, through midnight on Saturday, December 18th. According to the press release, the number of DUI arrests is up from the 57 arrests made during the…
A DUI checkpoint will be conducted by the Chula Vista Police Department on December 17th, 18th, and 19th, at an undisclosed location in the city. Chula Vista Police recommends holiday partiers plan a safe way home before the festivities begin, use a designated driver, call a taxi, sober friend or…
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department warned San Diego residents they are conducting saturation patrols, looking for under the influence (DUI) drivers between December 17th and New Year’s weekend. DUI checkpoints will also be conducted in the following cities in San Diego: Vista: 12/17, 900 Vista Village Drive. Santee: 12/17, 8900…
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced the results of their Encinitas DUI checkpoint. According to the press release, the checkpoint was conducted on the 1800 block of South El Camino Real. Only two DUI arrests were made even though 929 cars passed through, 521 drivers were contacted, and five people…
The Encinitas Station of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced in a press release they will be conducting a holiday DUI checkpoint and saturation patrol on Friday, December 10th, from 8 p.m. until 3 a.m. The checkpoint will be located at the 1700 block of South El Camino Real. It…
A Santee DUI checkpoint was conducted by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department on Saturday, December 4th, from 8:30 p.m. until 3 a.m. Sunday morning. 751 cars were contacted on the 8800 block of Mission Gorge Road, which yielded 5 DUI arrests, according to the Sheriff’s Department Press Release. The checkpoint…
The Poway Station of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department announced in a press release that it conducted a DUI checkpoint on Friday, December 3rd, 2010, from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m., near the 11700 block of Poway Road. 1,328 vehicles passed through; however, no DUI arrests were made. During that…
The California Supreme Court set forth criteria for DUI checkpoints to ensure they are in compliance with the Federal and California’s State Constitution and to minimalize the intrusiveness of the stop in Ingersoll v. Palmer. The following is the last four of the ambiguous guidelines. 5. Time and duration. The…
Sobriety checkpoints or roadblocks were found to not violate the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures in Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz (1990). The California Supreme Court set forth criteria for checkpoints to ensure they are in compliance with the Federal and California’s State Constitution in…