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Area law enforcement ramping up for more DUI checkpoints

The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Florin Road and 24th Street.  It will begin at 8:00 p.m. and run for 5-7 hours. Traffic flowing through the checkpoint will be … Continue reading

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DUI patrols to coincide with Sacramento St. Patrick Day’s festivities

The Sacramento Police Department will be conducting DUI enforcement operations over the St Patrick’s Day Weekend. On Friday, March 16, officers will patrol areas within the city limits looking for impaired drivers. It will begin at 8:00 p.m. and run … Continue reading

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Interactive map of Sacramento’s New Year’s DUI arrests

The Sacramento Bee has created an interactive map that provides the names, time of arrest, and locations of the nearly 70 individuals who were caught driving while under the influence on New Year’s. Click the map below to be taken to … Continue reading

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DUI, distracted driving crackdown starts today in the Sacramento region

If you drive while drunk, or while talking on your cell phone without a hands free device, or while stuffing you face with a hamburger in one hand and your Kindle Fire in the other, be warned; local and state … Continue reading

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“Tipsy Tow” offers safe ride home this Holiday season

AAA is offering the residents of Sacramento a free ten-mile tow this evening as part of its “Tipsy Tow” program. The effort is intended to make sure that anyone who had too much to drink this Turkey-Day gets home safe … Continue reading

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Sacramento Police Department to conduct DUI Checkpoint Friday night

The Sacramento Police Department will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint in South Sacramento on Friday night. From 8:00 p.m. Friday and until 2:00 a.m. early Saturday morning, uniformed officers will be checking for impaired drivers and valid driver’s licenses in … Continue reading

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DUI Checkpoint in Downtown Sacramento Friday night

The Sacramento Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint in the Downtown area on Friday night. It will begin at 8:00 p.m. and focus on the area around 16th and C Streets. Cars entering the checkpoint will be contacted … Continue reading

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Local law enforcement to participate in “Intensive DUI Crackdown”

The Sacramento Police Department is joining with other law enforcement agencies all across the nation in an intensive DUI crackdown now through Labor Day. The name of the operation says it all: “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” Now through … Continue reading

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DUI Checkpoints in North Sacramento, Folsom this weekend

If you’re planning on heading out this weekend for a drink, you’d be wise to plan accordingly. The Sacramento Police Department and the Folsom Police Department will both be conducting DUI checkpoints in their corresponding jurisdictions. The California Office of Traffic Safety … Continue reading

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Sacramento region to receive $4 million from Feds for DUI Checkpoints

Here’s yet another reason why you shouldn’t drive drunk in Sacramento; The California Office of Traffic Safety just got $4 million dollars to spend on DUI checkpoints throughout the region in 2012. California as a whole is set to receive $76 … Continue reading

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DUI Checkpoint set for Friday night in Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights Police will be on the lookout for impaired drivers this Friday night on Madison Ave, just east of San Juan Avenue. Officials picked this area because of its history of alcohol-involved crashes. The checkpoint will run for over … Continue reading

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Drunk parents have 14 year-old son drive them to liquor store, roll into DUI checkpoint

The DUI checkpoint in South Sacramento on Saturday night only netted one DUI arrest, but the night was still worthy of remembering. Sacramento Police officers came across a car that was being driven by an unlicensed 14 year-old-boy. What makes … Continue reading

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South Sacramento DUI Checkpoint set for Saturday

The Sacramento Police Department will be conducting another DUI checkpoint in the city this weekend.  On Saturday, for 5 to 7 hours beginning at 8:30 p.m., officers will be set up near Florin Road and Franklin Boulevard.  Ironically, the Mexican … Continue reading

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Roseville DUI Checkpoint coincides with Tesla rock show

Fans of the Sacramento rock group Tesla planning on attending Saturday’s concert at Thunder Valley had better get their ducks in a row; Roseville PD is planning a DUI checkpoint at the same time. DUI collisions have resulted in 8 … Continue reading

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Massive DUI checkpoints set for the Holiday weekend in Sacramento region

One of the most common search terms that points back to ranSACkedmedia.com; “DUI Checkpoints.” Perhaps people think that if they Google search enough they can avoid being pulled over and getting in trouble for driving under the influence. But those … Continue reading

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