{"id":100314,"date":"2025-12-18T23:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100314\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:18:05","slug":"chp-announces-dui-checkpoint-in-bakersfield-on-dec-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100314\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP announces DUI checkpoint in Bakersfield on Dec. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California Highway Patrol will hold a DUI\/driver&#8217;s license checkpoint on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and\/or drug impairment, with other officers checking drivers for proper licensing, delaying drivers temporarily. Specifically-trained officers at the checkpoint will evaluate drivers suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>SIMILAR: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bpd-to-hold-dui-checkpoint-on-december-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BPD to hold DUI checkpoint on December 19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHP said checkpoints are placed in areas based on crash statistics and the frequency of DUI arrests, while looking for the best opportunity to deter drunk or drug-impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the checkpoint is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>If you see a suspected impaired driver, call 9-1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 California Highway Patrol will hold a DUI\/driver&#8217;s license checkpoint on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-100314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}