Crime & Safety
SMC DUI Checkpoint Planned Friday Night
CHP officers will staff a DUI checkpoint in the Redwood City area Friday to discourage impaired driving.
REDWOOD CITY, CA — The California Highway Patrol will run a sobriety checkpoint Friday evening in the Redwood City area, where officers will "aggressively seek out and remove impaired drivers from the road," the agency announced Wednesday.
CHP officers trained in how to detect alcohol or drug impairment will staff the checkpoint from 7 p.m. and 1 a.m., at a yet-to-be-named location.
"Every year, members of our community are injured or killed o local roadways by impaired drivers," the CHP wrote in a news release. "It is the Department's goal to use this enforcement tool to assist with the reduction of injury and fatal collisions that are caused by impaired drivers."
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Officers urge residents to utilize designated drivers or arrange alternate transportation to help keep everyone safe and avoid a costly arrest. Funding for the checkpoints are provided by the state Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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