Redlands PD Sets DUI Checkpoint

Redlands Police officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night in an effort to curb drunk driving.

Paid for through a grant, the checkpoint will run from 10 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. Saturday, on northbound Church Street between Brockton and Lugonia avenues, police announced Tuesday.

Monday, officers paid for with grant-funded overtime, ran an operation around Citrus Valley High School with led to 31 citations for offenses inculding speeding, talking on cell phones while driving, making illegal U-turns, failure to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk and running red lights and stop signs.

The Redlands Police Department recommends the following simple tips to avoid
arrest for driving under the influence or, worse, being involved in a DUI collision:

• Plan a safe way home before you drink;
• Before drinking, designate a sober driver and leave your car keys at home;
• If you’re impaired, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member or use public transportation;
• Use a local sober ride program;
• If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, don’t hesitate to contact your local law enforcement, Call 911; and
• If you think a friend or family member has had too much, they probably have. Help him or her make other arrangements to get home safely.