{"id":105475,"date":"2025-12-22T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105475\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:46:06","slug":"over-880-vehicles-screened-in-dui-checkpoint-three-drivers-arrested-in-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/105475\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 880 vehicles screened in DUI checkpoint; three drivers arrested in Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police screened over 880 vehicles during a<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bpd-to-hold-dui-checkpoint-on-december-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> DUI\/Driver\u2019s License checkpoint<\/a> Friday night, which also led to the arrest of three drivers for suspected DUI.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <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>The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI\/Driver\u2019s License Checkpoint on Friday, December 19th, 2025, in the 8600 block of Hageman Road between 6 p.m. and 12 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>BPD said 886 vehicles were screened by officers.<\/p>\n<p>15 drivers were detained for further evaluation to determine their sobriety influence level. Three drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Police said six drivers were cited for driving while unlicensed. Two drivers were cited for driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven vehicles were seized at the checkpoint. Five of those vehicles were impounded, and six were released to licensed drivers, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The public is encouraged to help keep roadways safe by calling 911 if they see a suspected impaired driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police screened over 880 vehicles during a DUI\/Driver\u2019s License checkpoint Friday night, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-105475","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\/105475","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=105475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}