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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2012
CONTACT: Sgt. Jim Bengtson and Sgt. Lee Tainter
Moreno Valley Police Department

Moreno Valley Police Department
Targets Impaired Drivers
with DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint

Moreno Valley Police Department Targets Impaired Drivers with DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint The Moreno Valley Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint on Friday, March 2, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.

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.

This DUI/Drivers License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well as insuring drivers have a valid driver's license. A major component of these checkpoints is to increase awareness of the dangers of impaired driving and to encourage sober designated drivers.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent.

Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Report Drunk Drivers. Call 911!

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