{"id":276170,"date":"2026-04-20T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:59:10","slug":"dui-checkpoint-planned-in-sacramento-to-deter-driving-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/276170\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI checkpoint planned in Sacramento to deter driving high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776627493_SAC20generic20police20still20chyron20frame.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"\" alt=\"Police tape at crime scene\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Those who plan to partake in 4\/20 celebrations by consuming cannabis should not get behind the wheel on Monday \u2014 or any other day of the year.  Sacramento police will be out looking for impaired drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence and driver\u2019s license checkpoint from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday at an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Anna Mahoney said impaired drivers put others at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improve traffic safety,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SacPolice\/status\/2045960104860954792\">In a post on X,<\/a> the department said checkpoint locations are based on data showing where impaired driving-related crashes occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary purpose of DUI checkpoints are to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, along with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAC_0021_PK_20260121_BUSS.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nicole Buss\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314568916\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Buss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nicole Buss is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Roseville\/Placer County watchdog reporter. She previously covered Placer County at Gold Country Media. Buss grew up in Lincoln and is a graduate of Sierra College and Arizona State University.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those who plan to partake in 4\/20 celebrations by consuming cannabis should not get behind the wheel on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-276170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276170","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=276170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}