License and Sobriety Checkpoints

Modesto, CA – The Modesto Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting two separate sobriety and driver’s license checkpoints during the month of February.  The first checkpoint will be held on Friday February 22nd, 2008 and the second checkpoint will be held one week later on Friday February 29th, 2008.  Each checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location within the city limits of Modesto.

The checkpoint will consist of a minimum of 8 police officers and one sergeant from the Modesto Police Department.  The goal of this checkpoint will be to enforce all traffic laws with a specific emphasis on all alcohol related offenses.

This special enforcement effort is made possible by a grant from the California office of Traffic safety through the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.  The Modesto Police Department received the grant of one million dollars in October of 2006.  The grant project titled, “Selective Traffic Enforcement Program”, is an effort to reduce the number of injures and deaths in the Modesto area caused by those who choose to drive under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs. 

“Although the Holiday season has past, the Modesto Police Department still makes impaired driving enforcement a priority.  We want to make Modesto roadways safe and secure for all who travel them.  If you are caught driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs, you will be arrested”, said Officer Daniel Starr who is assigned to the Modesto Police Department’s DUI Task Force.     

For information about this news release contact Sergeant Craig Gundlach at (209) 652-3184.