Labor Day Weekend DUI Checkpoint, Patrol Schedule: DUI Crackdown Intensifies For Holiday Weekend

CHP officers and law enforcement agencies throughout the county will be out in full force this Labor Day weekend, as they "gear up to save lives," the CHP said.

According to the California Highway Patrol, during the final holiday weekend of summer, the group will join other local law enforcement agencies in a drunk driving crackdown.

"During the CHP’s holiday enforcement effort, which begins Friday, August 30, at 6 p.m. and continues through Monday, September 2, at 11:59 p.m., all available CHP officers will be on patrol throughout California to help ensure everyone has a safe journey," the agency said in a press release this week.  "An additional emphasis will be placed on removing impaired drivers from the roadway before they destroy their life or the lives of their fellow motorists."

During the same holiday weekend last year, 35 people were killed in crashes on California roadways, according to the CHP.  Many of those killed were not wearing seatbelts.

Officers made more than 1,300 arrests for DUI, which was a slight decrease from 2011, according to the agency.

“Through our education and enforcement efforts over the holiday, we are hoping to save lives and reduce the number of people injured and killed on California’s roadways,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “Do not let your guard down just because summer is coming to an end; drive defensively and always wear your seat belt.”

Labor Day Weekend DUI Checkpoint/Patrol Schedule:

Friday, August 30

DUI Checkpoint – Inglewood

DUI Checkpoint – Pasadena

DUI Checkpoint – Redondo Beach

DUI Checkpoint – Vernon

DUI Checkpoint – CHP East Los Angeles

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Santa Fe Springs

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - West Valley Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - 77th Street Area

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Malibu

DUI Checkpoint – LASD Norwalk

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Glendora, Azusa, Irwindale, Covina, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (East) Arcadia, West Covina, Baldwin Park School Police, El Monte, Monrovia, Sierra 

Madre, and CHP

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, 

Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – San Gabriel 

DUI Patrol – Whittier 

Saturday, August 31

DUI Checkpoint – El Monte

DUI Checkpoint – Long Beach

DUI Checkpoint – San Gabriel

DUI Checkpoint – Torrance

DUI Checkpoint – CHP Antelope Valley

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Los Angeles

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Valley

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Rampart Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Northeast Area

DUI Checkpoint – LAPD - Devonshire

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, 

Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – Whittier 

DUI Patrol – LAPD - 77th Street Area

Sunday, September 1

DUI Checkpoint – CHP West Los Angeles

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, 

Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance

DUI Patrol – Pomona

DUI Patrol – LAPD Southeast Area

Monday, September 2

MEP (Maximum Enforcement Period) – CHP Southern Division

DUI Patrol – Avoid the 100 (West) El Camino College Police, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, 

Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach, Torrance