Fresno Police crack down on DUI with upcoming checkpoint

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno Police Department announced they are conducting a driving nether the power checkpoint connected Saturday night.

Police accidental the checkpoint volition beryllium held from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. astatine an undisclosed location.

DUI checkpoint locations are determined by information indicating incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The main purpose of DUI checkpoints, according to police, is to heighten nationalist information by removing suspected impaired drivers from the streets.

Police privation to punctual the nationalist that impaired driving is not solely caused by alcohol. Some medicine medications and over-the-counter drugs tin besides interfere with a person's quality to thrust safely. 

While some medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, it is important to retrieve that driving nether the power of marijuana is against the law. Drivers charged with a first-time DUI look an mean of $13,500 successful fines and penalties, arsenic good arsenic a suspended license. 

Funding for this programme was provided by a assistance from the California Office of Traffic Safety, done the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.