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Newport Beach DUI Checkpoint February 12, 2010

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The Orange County Register had a story about the upcoming DUI Checkpoint in Newport Beach this weekend.  Our Orange County DUI Lawyers bring it to you for your weekend planning.

NEWPORT BEACH – Police will stage a sobriety checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday on northbound Dover Drive at 16th Street, a location bordered by several nightlife hotspots.

Cars passing the checkpoint will be chosen to move through screening lanes on a pre-determined basis designed to ensure the process is objective and random.

Arrests rarely climb into the double digits at checkpoints, which serve more as deterrents. Last month, a checkpoint staged at the entrance to the Balboa Peninsula resulted in six drunken-driving arrests, plus two more detentions for non-DUI-related offenses.

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