{"id":101548,"date":"2021-05-17T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=101548"},"modified":"2021-05-17T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:05:13","slug":"14-arrested-3-for-dui-at-lancaster-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/05\/17\/14-arrested-3-for-dui-at-lancaster-checkpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"14 arrested, 3 for DUI at Lancaster checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19303\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DUI-Checkpoint-results.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Three people were arrested for driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint in Lancaster Friday night and early Saturday morning, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department conducted the checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday, May. 14, to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 15, on Sierra Highway north of Lancaster Boulevard, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/8717334\/?sub_id=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release from the Sheriff&#8217;s Information Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the checkpoint are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>490 vehicles were screened.<\/li>\n<li>11 drivers were cited\/arrested for operating a vehicle unlicensed or with a suspended\/revoked license.<\/li>\n<li>3 drivers were arrested for DUI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DUI checkpoint locations are based on a history of crashes and DUI arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests, but to promote public safety by deterring drivers from driving impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Then Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department will continue to hold DUI\/Driver\u2019s License checkpoints throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Three people were arrested for driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint in Lancaster Friday night and early Saturday morning, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department conducted the checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday, May. 14, to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 15, on Sierra Highway north of Lancaster Boulevard, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}