A drunk-driving/drivers license check point held Friday, at Livingston
Drive and Roswell Avenue resulted in five arrests and the seizure of six vehicles.
The checkpoint, carried out with the help of Long Beach Police Explorers and Long Beach Search and Rescue, operated from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.During the 8-hour operation 1,633 vehicles passed through the checkpoint with 429 being screened. Of the vehicles screened, three people were arrested for driving under the influence, one person was arrested for an outstanding DUI warrant, one person was arrested for an outstanding felony warrant, six vehicles were impounded because the drivers were unlicensed or had a suspended license, and 40 other drivers were issued traffic citations, said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
"Checkpoints are a vital component in the fight against both impaired and unlicensed drivers," Zapalski said a press release issued Monday. "The average American has a 30% chance of being killed or injured by an impaired driver."
Friday's check point was funded through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is part of a holiday crackdown on driving while under the influence.
The checkpoint, carried out with the help of Long Beach Police Explorers and Long Beach Search and Rescue, operated from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.During the 8-hour operation 1,633 vehicles passed through the checkpoint with 429 being screened. Of the vehicles screened, three people were arrested for driving under the influence, one person was arrested for an outstanding DUI warrant, one person was arrested for an outstanding felony warrant, six vehicles were impounded because the drivers were unlicensed or had a suspended license, and 40 other drivers were issued traffic citations, said Sgt. Dina Zapalski, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
"Checkpoints are a vital component in the fight against both impaired and unlicensed drivers," Zapalski said a press release issued Monday. "The average American has a 30% chance of being killed or injured by an impaired driver."
Friday's check point was funded through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is part of a holiday crackdown on driving while under the influence.
What a great service to our community....Merry Christmas! Long Beach Police Search and Rescue is one of Long Beach's finest associations.
Seems to me that Sgt. Zapalski should fact check her press releases.
While no one can dispute that drunk drivers are a hazard, it seems implausible that 30% of all Americans will be injured or killed as a result of such impaired drivers. With a total population of over 300 million, that would work out to about 100 million such deaths and injuries.
For you to pass that on in your blog without questioning its veracity is also pretty sloppy work.
What a complete waste of resources, 3 DUI's out of 1,633 cars passing through.
I can understand the importance for the DUI checkpoints, but don't you think the $$ that LBPD received could go to better use. i.e beef up coverage at the HS football games, ex: Wilson High incident. Why isn't the LBPD out protecting the streets? This is why every time you pick up the newspaper, online, T.V. all you see is crime, crime and more crime.
In addition, I had a friend that blew a .03 and was arrested by LBPD and it was the worst experience ever. They are rude, laughed, made obscene jokes and was treated like scum. Mind you this was the first offense and an older woman. How can the courts sentence to MADD classes when the founder of MADD was arrested for a DUI??? Now I know why the LBPD is know for their corrupt ways.
I can tell you, and others who have made similar remarks, that grants from the state and federal traffic safety office can only be used for traffic enforcement issues with very specific guidelines dictated by the office making the grant, i.e. the DUI checkpoint or a drivers license checkpoint. Even if the PD wants to take a grant and use it for something else, and I'm sure they do, they cannot or they face not only the loss of the grant but the threat of having to repay the money and being frozen out of any and all future grant awards.
No one seems to be handing out money for extra officers on the force right now. If the feds or the state were the LBPD and most every agency out there would be lining up for the cash.
Want to set up an effective DUI/License Check?
Try Friday or Saturday night eastbound on 2nd St near Naples bridge and westbound on 2nd near Park between 9pm-2am. I'm sure the count would be significantly higher than 3 drunks.
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