DUI Checkpoint to be Conducted This Weekend in Elk Grove

June 19, 2014 |

The Elk Grove Police Department will conduct a drivers license and DUI checkpoint this weekend. 

A checkpoint will be set up at an undisclosed location within Elk Grove city limits on Saturday night. The enforcement check will be conducted from 7 p.m. Saturday until 3 a.m. Sunday. 

The checkpoint will focus on removing impaired drivers, as well as unlicensed drivers from the roadways. Funding for the sobriety checkpoint is provided through a grant from the U.C. Berkeley Traffic Safety Center with primary funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety.

The public is encouraged to call the Elk Grove Police Department at (916) 714-5111 (emergency line) or 911 if they observe impaired drivers on the roadways.