Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Planned This Weekend
It's too early for the Fourth of July and late for Memorial weekend, but the enforcement comes as part of a grant to the Gilroy Police Department.
Gilroy police will operate a driving under the influence and driver’s license checkpoint late Saturday night through Sunday morning this week, according to a press release from the department.
The checkpoint will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday on eastbound Leavesley Road, between Monterey Street and Murray Avenue, police said. It will conclude the following day at 2:30 a.m.
The enforcement comes as part of a state grant from the Office of Traffic Safety that funded the deployment of an additional traffic officer and additional equipment for the department.
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“There is NO tolerance for drunk driving—you will be arrested and prosecuted,” police said.
Police list the purposes of the checkpoint as:
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- To increase community education and raise awareness of the negative effects of drunk driving
- To arrest drunk drivers
- To review the licenses of those who pass through the checkpoint and ensure the licenses’ have not been suspended or revoked by the Department of Motor Vehicles or the court
- To make sure drivers are knowledgeable about the “rules of the road” and have shown such ability to the DMV.
Those with questions can contact the department’s traffic division at 408-846-0521.
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