Police hold DUI checkpoint in SLO. Here are the results
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- Police screened 534 vehicles during a DUI checkpoint on Marsh Street Friday night.
- Officers issued five citations for unlicensed or suspended license driving offenses.
- One driver was arrested on DUI suspicion; next checkpoint planned for September.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department contacted 534 vehicles during a DUI checkpoint on Friday.
The checkpoint took place from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the 900 block of Marsh Street, police said. Five drivers were cited for driving without a license or with a suspended license.
Only one driver was arrested on suspicion of a DUI, police said.
Checkpoint locations are determined based on reported instances of DUI-related crashes, police said.
“The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote pubic safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off roads,” police said.
The next DUI checkpoint is scheduled for September. Funding for the operation was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety though the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
