NEWS RELEASE
| INCIDENT: | DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Results |
| DATE/TIME: | Friday, November 17, 2017 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. |
| LOCATION: | City of Oxnard |
| PREPARED BY: | Tim Kelley, Sergeant |
| CONTACT PERSON AND CONTACT INFO: | Jamie Brown, Senior Officer (805) 385-7749 |
DETAILS:
On Friday, November 17, 2017, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., officers from the Oxnard Police Department conducted a DUI/Driver’s license checkpoint in the City of Oxnard. The checkpoint was conducted in the southbound lanes of Ventura Road south of Devonshire Street and was later moved to westbound Wooley Road west of A Street. These locations were chosen to provide increased DUI deterrence and in response to recent alcohol-related arrests and/or DUI collisions.
The checkpoints resulted in the following:
- 932 vehicles through
- 893 drivers screened
- 11 DUI investigations
- 8 DUI alcohol arrest
- 11 citations issued to unlicensed drivers
- 18 total citations issued
- 3 vehicles towed
- 1 felony warrant arrest
The Oxnard Police Department will continue to conduct DUI enforcement operations this year. These operations are an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes and to make our roadways and community safer. We also remind people that if they see an impaired driver to dial 911. These DUI enforcement operations are funded by grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
For any questions related to DUI and traffic enforcement, please contact Senior Officer Jamie Brown at (805) 385-7749 or via e-mail at jamie.brown@oxnardpd.org.
DATE / TIME PREPARED: 11/18/17 3:20 a.m.