Checkpoint
Background Information
Here's
the latest general Orange
County DUI Sobriety Checkpoint and Saturation
Patrol
information. Bookmark it and come back often, we update it several
times each week as information becomes available. Please see
the disclaimer below.
Here's
some fresh info about what to expect
re: OC DUI Checkpoints in 2010:
The State of California is set to expand DUI Checkpoints
in 2010 - a 50% increase over 2009. California may have the largest Checkpoint
Program in the country this year, with an extra $8M in
funding.
Click Here for the article
about this
from the Sacramento Bee.
~~~
State
of California announces 2010 as the "Year
of the DUI Checkpoint".
More than 250 checkpoints planned by the CA-OTS - Office of Traffic and
Safety.
Click Here for the Press Release
and article.
~~~
Here's
some thought provoking - and provocative - articles about Checkpoints:
Are
Checkpoints Police Profit Centers?? DUI
checkpoints are major money makers for the police, even though they
don’t have either a deterrent effect on DUI's, or result in many DUI
arrests: Click
here for the Article
DUI Sobriety
Checkpoint and Saturation Patrol information for most
Orange County cities, including: Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa,
Anaheim, Tustin, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Sunset
Beach, Seal Beach, Long
Beach, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Dana Point, UCI
Campus, and other
OC cities and unincorporated areas. Please see
the disclaimer below.
|
| Cypress |
Saturday, August 28
8pm-3am |
Location not announced - they don't let anyone
know |
Click Here
|
| Fullerton |
Friday,
August 27
8pm-2am |
Location not announced - usually downtown on
Commonwealth |
Click
Here |
| Cypress |
Saturday, August 21
8pm-3am |
Location not announced - they don't let anyone
know |
Click Here
|
| Anaheim |
Saturday, August 21
7pm-1am |
Location not announced |
We
heard
|
| Anaheim,
Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods |
Friday, August 20
8pm-2am |
Specialy trained OC Sheriff Roving Saturation
Patrols
target these cities |
OCSD Press Release |
| Placentia |
Friday, August 20
6pm-12:30am |
Location not announced - it's on the "Western
side of the City" |
Click Here
|
| Irvine |
Saturday, August 14
9pm-3am
|
Jeffery x Barranca Pkwy
|
Click
Here
|
| Seal
Beach |
Friday, August 13
8pm-3am |
Pacific Coast Hwy x
1st Street |
Click
Here |
| Cypress |
Friday, July 30
8pm-3am |
Location not announced - usually on Lincoln W.
of Moody |
Click Here
|
| Seal
Beach |
Thursday, July 29
8pm-3am |
Pacific Coast Hwy x
1st Street |
Click
Here |
| Laguna
Beach |
Saturday, July 24
9pm-3am |
usually on PCH but sometimes in the
Canyon.
Call LBPD day of for
info |
Click
Here |
| Mission
Viejo, Lake Forest, Rancho Santa Margarita |
Friday, July 16
8pm-2am
|
Specialy trained OC Sheriff Roving Saturation
Patrols
all over |
OCSD
Press Release |
| Fullerton |
Friday,
July 9
8pm-2am |
Location not announced - usually downtown on
Commonwealth |
Click
Here |
| Irvine |
Saturday, July 3
7pm-3am
|
Alton x Culver |
Click
Here |
| Westminster |
Saturday, July 3
8pm-2am |
Beach Blvd. x
McFadden Avenue |
Click
Here |
| Cypress |
Saturday, July 3
7pm-3am |
Lincoln W. of Moody -- 1 mi. W. of Valley View |
Click Here
|
| Buena
Park |
Friday, July 2
7pm-3am
|
Beach Blvd. x
10th Street |
Click
Here |
| San
Juan Capistrano |
Friday, July 2
6pm-2am
|
Location not announced until Friday 4pm |
Click
Here |
| Villa
Park |
Friday, June 25
6pm-2am |
Location not indentified - check OCSD Friday |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Saturday, June 19
6pm-11pm |
Harbor Blvd. x Ford Rd. just N of 19th Street |
Click
Here |
| Cypress |
Saturday, June 12
7pm-3am |
Katella Ave. x Cara Way just W. of
Valley View |
We
got a Press Rel.
|
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday, June 8
6pm-11pm |
17th. Street x
Raymond Avenue |
Click
Here |
| 12
Orange County Cities |
Memorial Weekend
May, 2010
|
Specialy trained Roving
Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Saturday, May 29
9pm-3am
|
Riverside Drive up from Pacific Coast Hwy. |
We
were notified |
| Irvine |
Saturday, May 29
9pm-3am
|
Culver Drive x Bryan Ave. (N. of the 5 fwy) |
We
were notified |
| Garden
Grove |
Saturday, May 29
9pm-3am
|
Garden Grove Blvd. X Brookhurst |
We
were notified |
| Laguna
Beach |
Saturday, May 29
9pm-3am |
Location not announced - call LBPD day of for
info |
Click
Here |
| Huntington
Beach |
Saturday, May 29
9pm-3am
|
Pacific Coast Hwy x Huntington St.
(downtown) |
Click
Here |
| Brea,
La Habra, Laguna Woods |
Friday, May 28
8pm-3am |
Location not announced - operated by OCSD
|
Click
Here |
| Seal
Beach |
Friday, May 28
8pm-3am |
Pacific Coast Hwy x
1st Street |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Saturday, May 22
9pm-3am |
NB Newport Blvd. x Finley Avenue - in front of
Newport Beach City Hall |
Click
Here |
| Santa
Ana |
Friday,
May 7
7:30pm-1am |
17th St. just West of the 55 Freeway |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Friday, May 7
9pm-3am |
Jamboree x Santa Barbara by Fashion Island |
Click Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, May 7
6pm-11pm |
Bristol St. x Bear St. |
Click
Here |
| All
over OC - 12 different cities |
Wednesday, May 5
6pm-2am |
Orange County Sheriff Dept. - Special Roving
Patrols all over |
Press
Release |
| Fullerton |
Wednesday,
May 5
6pm-midnight |
Downtown - 200 blk of
E. Commonwealth |
Click
Here |
| Huntington
Beach |
Saturday, April 17
9pm-2am
|
Pacific Coast Hwy x Huntington St.
(downtown) |
Click
Here |
| Dana
Point, San Clemente & San Juan Capistrano |
Friday, April 16
all night |
Orange County Sheriff Dept. - Special Roving
Patrols all over |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, April 16
6pm-11pm |
Bristol St. btwn Bear and Randolph, S. of 405 fwy |
Click
Here |
| Cypress |
Friday, April 16
7pm-3am |
Lincoln W. of
Valley View |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, April 2
8pm-2am |
Newport Blvd x Flower by 55 Fwy entrance |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Saturday, March 27
8pm-2am |
Harbor Blvd. at Peterson Place (by Adams) |
Click
Here |
| Huntington
Beach |
Saturday, March 20
9pm-2am
|
on Adams x Brookhurst |
Click
Here |
| San
Clemente |
Friday, March 19
6pm-2am
|
Location not announced until Friday 4pm |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Friday, March 19
9pm-3am
|
Northbound Superior at Placentia Street |
Click
Here |
| Fullerton |
Friday,
March 19
8pm-2am |
Location not announced - usually Commonwealth x
Harbor in Downtown |
Click
Here |
| Seal
Beach |
Saturday, March 13
8pm-3am |
Anderson x
Seal Beach Blvd. |
Click
Here |
| Garden
Grove |
Friday, March 12
7pm-2am |
Garden Grove Blvd. x Brookhurst |
We
got tipped off
|
| Costa
Mesa |
Saturday, March 6
8pm-2am |
Harbor Blvd. at Peterson Place (by Adams) |
Click
Here |
| Lake
Forest, Miss Viejo, RSM |
Friday, March 5
5pm-11pm |
Saturation Patrols - all over these cities |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Monday, March 1
5pm-11pm |
Harbor Blvd. at Fair Drive |
Click
Here |
| Long
Beach |
Saturday, Feb. 20
6pm-2am |
NB Atlantic Ave. x
Harding Street |
Click
Here |
| Garden
Grove |
Saturday, Feb. 20
9pm-3am |
Westminster Ave. x
Enterprise Drive |
We
got tipped off
|
| Cypress |
Saturday, Feb. 20
7pm-2am |
Valley View x
Phyllis Drive |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday Feb. 19
8pm-2am |
On Baker Street x
Bear Street |
Click
Here |
| Sunset
Beach |
Saturday, Feb. 13
all night |
NB Pac Coast Hwy x
Anderson |
Click
Here |
| Seal
Beach |
Saturday, Feb. 13
8pm-3am |
SB Pac. Coast Hwy. at
First Street |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Saturday, Feb. 13
all night |
Citywide - Zero Tolerance DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel,
Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods |
Friday, Feb. 12
8pm-3am |
DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Anaheim |
Friday, Feb 12
8pm-3am
|
Somewhere along
Magnolia Avenue |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Friday, Feb 12
9pm-3am
|
Northbound Dover Drive
x 16th Street (by PCH) |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Wednesday, Jan. 27
5pm-midnight |
19th x Pomona |
Click
Here |
| Long
Beach |
Saturday, Jan. 16
6pm-2am |
WB Pacific Coast Hwy. at Daisy Ave,, E of 710
fwy |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Saturday, Jan. 16
9pm-3am |
NB Newport Blvd. x Finley Avenue - in front of
Newport Beach City Hall |
Click
Here |
| Irvine
- UCI Campus |
Thursday, Jan. 14
Evening Hours |
Exact location and hours not announced - on UCI
Campus |
Click
Here |
Here's the results
from the 2009 DUI Winter Mobilization Program,
conducted all over the State w/300+ DUI Sobriety Checkpoints
12/18/09-1/3/10.
In Orange
County 602
people
were arrested for DUI, there were 30 DUI-related accidents and
(fortunately) zero fatalities. In 2008 there were 412 arrests
and
3 fatalities. Enforcement has been effective.....
2009
| City |
Date |
Location |
Information |
| All over Orange County - Avoid
the 28 - major effort |
December 18 -
January 3. 2010 |
Big doin's - there will be a lot of patrols this
year end - 300 DUI CP's statewide |
Click Here
&
Click Here |
| Aliso Viejo |
Saturday, Jan. 2
7pm-3am |
DUI Checkpoint
Location not announced |
Click
Here |
| Anaheim |
Thursday, Dec 31
8pm-3am |
DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday, Dec. 29
6pm-midnight |
Santa Ana x 18th
Street
|
Click
Here |
| Fullerton |
Saturday, Dec. 26
8pm-3am |
DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Fullerton |
Sunday, Dec. 20
8pm-3am |
DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Fullerton |
Saturday, Dec. 19
8pm-2am |
Location not announced - usually Commonwealth x
Harbor in Downtown |
Click
Here |
Garden
Grove, Anaheim, Placentia, Buena Park, La Habra, Fullerton
|
Saturday, Dec. 19
7pm-3am |
Checkpoint in GG, the other cities have
Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here |
| Irvine |
Saturday, Dec. 19
7pm-3am |
Irvine Center Drive x Hubble - S. of 405 fwy
|
Click
Here |
| Westminster |
Saturday, Dec. 19
7pm-3am |
NB 15500 Block of Brookhurst x McFadden |
Click
Here |
| Laguna
Beach |
Saturday, Dec. 19
7pm-3am |
Location not announced - call LBPD day of for
info |
Click
Here |
Anaheim,
Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, Placentia, Stanton,
Westminster
|
Friday, Dec. 18
7pm-3am |
Checkpoints in each City - they say you have to
call the local PD's to find out exactly where |
Click
Here |
Yorba
Linda -
Brea PD |
Friday, Dec. 18
11pm-3am |
Roving Saturation Patrol |
Click
Here |
| Fountain
Valley |
Friday, Dec. 18
9pm-3am |
Location not announced - call FVPD day of for
info |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, Dec. 18
8pm-2am |
Newport Blvd x Flower by 55 Fwy entrance |
Click
Here |
| Orange |
Friday, Dec. 18
8pm-3am |
Eastbound at 1300 E. Chapman |
We got a tip |
| Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Laguna
Hills and Laguna Woods |
Friday, December 4
all night |
Roving DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click
Here
|
| Laguna
Hills |
Friday, Nov. 6
6:30pm-2:30am |
Location not announced |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday, Sept. 29
6pm-midnight |
Santa Ana x 18th
Street
|
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Thursday, Sept. 24
9pm-3am
|
Northbound Dover Drive
x 16th Street (by PCH) |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday, Sept. 22
6pm-midnight |
Eastbound Wilson
x Pomona Street
|
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Wednesday, Sept. 9
6pm-midnight |
Northbound Harbor
x
Fair Drive
|
Click
Here |
| Irvine |
Saturday, Sept. 5
8pm-3am |
Jamboree x Birch
|
Click
Here |
| La
Habra |
Friday, Sept. 4
8pm-2am |
Location not announced |
Click
Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Friday, Sept. 4
9pm-3am |
NB Newport Blvd. x Finley Avenue - in front of
Newport Beach City Hall |
Click
Here |
| Dana
Point |
Friday, Sept. 4
7pm-3am |
Location not announced |
Click
Here |
| Laguna
Beach |
Friday, August 28
9pm-3am |
South Laguna on
PCH
|
Click
Here |
| Irvine |
Friday, August 28
8pm-2am |
Jamboree x
Barranca
|
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Wednesday, August 26
6pm-midnight |
Westbound Wilson
x Pomona Street
|
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, August 14
8pm-2am |
Northbound Newport Blvd. at 22nd Street |
Click
Here |
| Mission
Viejo |
Friday, July 3
7pm-3am
|
Undisclosed Location, in central MV |
Click
Here
|
| San
Juan Capistrano |
Saturday, June 27
7pm-3am
|
Undisclosed Location |
Click
Here
|
| Laguna
Beach |
Friday, June 26
9pm-3am
|
Undisclosed Location |
Click
Here
|
| Costa
Mesa |
Sunday, June 20
8pm-2am |
Northbound Newport Blvd. at 22nd Street |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday June 2
6pm-12am |
Eastbound Baker, East of Bear Street (by the 73) |
Click
Here |
| Huntington
Beach |
Saturday, May 30
9pm-3am
|
Beach Blvd. So. of
Slater Avenue |
Click
Here |
| Brea |
Saturday, May 23
8pm-2am
|
Undisclosed Location |
Click
Here |
| Lake
Forest |
Friday, May 22
8pm-2am
|
Undisclosed Location |
OC Register
|
| La
Habra |
Friday, May 22
8pm-2am
|
La Habra Blvd. x Euclid Street |
OC Register
|
| Newport
Beach |
Friday, May 22
9pm-3am
|
Northbound Dover Drive
x 16th Street (by PCH) |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, May 22
8pm-2am
|
Northbound Harbor x Fair Drive |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday, May 15
8pm-2am |
Northbound Newport Blvd. at 22nd Street |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday April 28
6pm-12am |
Westbound Wilson, W. of Pomona |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Saturday, April 4
|
Northbound Harbor x Peterson Place (by Adams) |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Tuesday March 24
6pm-2am |
19th x Pomona |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday March 13
7pm-2am |
Northbound Harbor x Gisler Avenue (near 405) |
Click
Here |
| Anaheim |
Friday February 27
8pm-3am |
State College x La Palma |
Click
Here
|
| Cypress |
Friday February 27
8pm-3am |
Lincoln x Valley View |
Click
Here
|
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday February 20
6pm-12am |
Northbound Placentia x 20th Street |
Click
Here |
| Costa
Mesa |
Friday February 13
8pm-2am |
Newport Blvd x Flower by 55 Fwy entrance |
Click
Here |
| San
Clemente, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano |
Friday February 13
all night |
Roving DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click Here
|
Every
City in
Orange County |
Super Bowl Sunday
February 1 |
Special DUI Crackdown Patrols -
all Cities in OC |
Click Here
|
| Cypress |
Saturday January 17
8pm - 3am |
Lincoln x Valley View |
Click Here |
| Orange |
Saturday January 17
8pm - 1am |
1300 Block of
Eastbound Katella Ave |
OC
Register
|
| Long
Beach |
Saturday January 17
6pm - 2am |
Atlantic Avenue x
Del Amo Blvd |
Click Here
|
| Lake
Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita |
Friday January 16
all night |
Roving DUI Saturation Patrols |
Click Here |
| Newport
Beach |
Friday January 16
9pm-3am |
Jamboree x Santa Barbara by Fashion Island |
Click Here |
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Saturation
Patrols are specially trained two man Police teams
that cruise the city specifically to locate and arrest intoxicated
drivers. Typically there are several teams out at the same time.
Quote from the Newport
Beach PD: "The major value of checkpoints is
their educational and deterrent influence on the motoring public,"
Interesting
article, from the Orange County Register;
DUI
checkpoints of dubious value, legality
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/abox/article_1393748.php
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) estimates that communities that consistently use sobriety
checkpoints experience as much as 8 times the reduction in DUI
incidence as communities that use roving patrols alone.
For
the latest information on DUI checkpoints and statistics,
and for general discussion, see the DUI blog at http://www.ocduiblog.com
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In
2006, Costa Mesa Police arrested 1,074 motorists for driving under the
influence, with the intent of the continued campaign of checkpoints to
lower that number, police said.
Here's the results from the Sobriety Checkpoint in Costa Mesa on June
29, 2007
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/07/04/publicsafety/dpt-duicheckpoint02.txt
Here's the results from the Sobriety Checkpoint in
Costa Mesa on May 25, 2007
http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/docs/pdpress/2007-05-26-post-DUI.pdf
Here's a Daily Pilot article
about DUI enforcement in Costa Mesa - they have special patrols and
unmarked cars, and they have arrested 276 people in the last 3 months:
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2006/08/09/publicsafety/dpt-duiteam07.txt
St. Patrick's Day 2007 DUI checkpoints in Laguna Beach
and Irvine netted 13 suspected drunk drivers, a very low
number. My favorite quote comes from Laguna Beach Sgt. George
Ramos, in the OC Register: "That's pretty low given the
holiday," Ramos said of the arrests. "Hopefully, that meant more people
had designated drivers." Here's the article http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1623482.php
Remember
that if you drink, you should avoid driving. If you
are driving with any alcohol in your system, even if you are not above
the legal limit or do not feel impaired, you should avoid any
checkpoint and seek the advice of an attorney that practices in DUI
defense specifically.
Here's a few
examples of the results of the DUI Checkpoint efforts:
The Irvine Police Department
conducted a sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint during the
evening hours on Saturday, December 17. The checkpoint
was located on Mac Arthur Blvd. at Douglas in the city of
Irvine. Here are the results of that checkpoint:
Total vehicles
stopped: 337
DUI arrests: 4
Other arrests: 9
Citations: 17
Vehicles Towed: 10
The Huntington Beach Police
Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, June 10, 2006
from about 9:30 P.M. to 1:45 A.M.
More than 1300 vehicles
passed through the checkpoint and about 400 vehicles were selected for
screening. Of the 400 vehicles selected, five drivers were arrested for
driving under the influence, eighteen were issued citations for driving
without a license or for driving on a suspended license, and nineteen
vehicles were impounded. Three people were cited for driving with an
open container. Four others were arrested for possession of stolen
property, possession of burglary tools, possession of marijuana, and
for warrants.
The stats are in for the special checkpoint taskforce for Orange County
for the two weeks before and including New Year's Eve 2005. A
joint task force with the OC Sheriff's, Costa Mesa PD, and the Irvine
PD held four checkpoints, as previously noted.
Out of
500 vehicle stops, there were 25 DUI arrests, 18 arrests for not having
a license or having a suspended license, 4 warrants served, and 3
juveniles arrested for having prescription medications.
If you see a checkpoint notice, send us an email
at checkpoint@bestOCevents.com
and we'll get the word out. See our monthly newsletter in the
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