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No DUI arrests at Lancaster checkpoint

by The AV Times Staff • September 2, 2022

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LANCASTER – No one was arrested for driving under the influence, but a dozen people were arrested for other violations at a DUI checkpoint in Lancaster Thursday night and early Friday morning, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department conducted the checkpoint from 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, to 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at eastbound Avenue K near Elm Avenue.

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According to a news release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, 10 people were arrested for driving unlicensed or with a suspended license, and two were arrested for driving without an ignition interlock device. Sheriff’s officials said 981 vehicles were contacted at the checkpoint.

DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the roads.

Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

6 comments for "No DUI arrests at Lancaster checkpoint"

  1. You're doing it wrong says

    September 3, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    The drunks (especially the invaders) punch out between 4-8 AM the next morning.

    Be careful out there, they don’t drive drunk but completely annihilated!

  2. ACE says

    September 2, 2022 at 11:43 am

    BUT LOTS OF YUMMY DONUTS WERE CONSUMED…

    AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL…

    ***

    BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME BRAVE DEPUTIES…

    ***

    • Angela says

      September 2, 2022 at 5:14 pm

      Your a dick! Thank you deputies for keeping us safe.

      • Tim Scott says

        September 2, 2022 at 5:41 pm

        There is nothing about these checkpoints that shows any intent to “keep us safe.” They are strictly about taking federal grant money that has very tight restrictions on how it can be spent and using it to fund an operation that raises fines for the general fund. Meanwhile the deputies get kickbacks from the towing companies that get the impounds and really who can blame them? When you use people in an operation that is big money corrupt they are gonna think that running a lower level side scam of their own is only fair.

        • Stinger says

          September 5, 2022 at 9:48 am

          “Meanwhile the deputies get kickbacks from the towing companies that get the impounds and really who can blame them?”

          That is an unsupported accusation that requires evidence, Tim.

          • Tim Scott says

            September 5, 2022 at 11:07 am

            Anecdotal, but you should go visit an impound auction sometime and see who is there bidding. Relationships between deputies and towing operators are EXTREMELY cozy.

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