DUI Checkpoint Underway In Miami-Dade

PINECREST, FL — Miami-Dade police planned to stop cars at a DUI checkpoint from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 3:30 a.m. Saturday in southwest Miami-Dade.

Unlike rolling saturation patrols that move around a particular area, DUI checkpoints operate in a fixed location for a set number of hours. Vehicles are pulled over based on a formula that might be as simple as selecting 15 consecutive vehicles after each 10-minute period.

Detective Angel Rodriguez of the Miami-Dade Police Department said the checkpoint will be set up at SW 8 Street and SW 88 Avenue.

Rodriguez said the operation was being conducted by the agency's Special Patrol Bureau Motorcycle Unit.

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