{"id":265964,"date":"2026-04-13T18:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265964\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:59:35","slug":"bakersfield-police-dui-drivers-license-checkpoint-and-saturation-leads-to-four-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265964\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police DUI\/Driver\u2019s License Checkpoint and saturation leads to four arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Four people were arrested for DUI during the Bakersfield police\u2019s DUI\/Driver\u2019s License Checkpoint and DUI saturation over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI\/Driver\u2019s License Checkpoint in conjunction with a DUI saturation patrol on Friday, April 10th, 2026, in the 8600 block of Ming Avenue between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officers screened 1,008 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Four drivers were detained for further evaluation to determine their sobriety influence level. Two drivers were subsequently arrested for DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Police said during the checkpoint, 13 drivers were cited for driving while unlicensed. Six vehicles were impounded.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, during the saturation, officers conducted 48 traffic stops. 24 drivers were evaluated for DUI, and two were arrested for DUI.<\/p>\n<p>In the saturation, 31 citations were issued while six vehicles were impounded for license violations. One vehicle was stopped for reckless driving; the driver was cited and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.<\/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 Four people were arrested for DUI during the Bakersfield police\u2019s DUI\/Driver\u2019s License Checkpoint and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-265964","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\/265964","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=265964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}