WHITTIER >> Police in Whittier will screen drivers for sobriety and valid licenses during a checkpoint late Friday and early Saturday, officials said.
The checkpoint will take place from 7 p.m. Friday to 2:30 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location within the city, Whittier police officials said in a written statement.
“Over the course of the past three years, (Whittier Police Department) officers have investigated 327 DUI collisions which have claimed four lives and resulted in another 148 injuries,” according to the statement.
Funding for the checkpoint is being provided by a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, through the California Office of Traffic Safety.