{"id":227672,"date":"2026-03-20T00:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227672\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:09:36","slug":"bakersfield-police-to-hold-dui-drivers-license-checkpoint-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227672\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police to hold DUI, driver\u2019s license checkpoint on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit will hold a DUI\/driver\u2019s license checkpoint on Friday, March 20, 2026, at an undisclosed location within the city limits from 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officers will be watching for signs of alcohol and\/or drug impairment and will also check drivers for proper licensing. Motorists are expected to be delayed only momentarily.<\/p>\n<p>When possible, specially trained officers will be available to evaluate drivers suspected of drug-impaired driving, including impairment related to illegal narcotics, prescription drugs, marijuana and some over-the-counter medications.<\/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>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Police encourage the public to call 9-1-1 if they see a suspected impaired driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit will hold a DUI\/driver\u2019s license checkpoint on Friday, March&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-227672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227672","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=227672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}