{"id":306723,"date":"2026-05-08T22:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306723\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:49:12","slug":"dui-checkpoint-in-west-long-beach-friday-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/306723\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI checkpoint in West Long Beach Friday, May 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) will conduct a Driving Under the Influence (DUI)\/Driver License (CDL) checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in West Long Beach on Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes, according to the LBPD. The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cImpaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk,\u201d Commander Jeremy Boshnack said in a public statement. \u201cAny prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improves traffic safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Impaired driving is not just caused by alcohol. Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-signal-tribune-newspaper.square.site\/\" aria-label=\"BANNER PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS (online) (1)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778280552_405_BANNER-PRINT-SUBSCRIPTIONS-online-1.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"2000\" height=\"800\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) will conduct a Driving Under the Influence (DUI)\/Driver License (CDL) checkpoint from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11077,29510,19063,131,133,132,867,76860],"class_list":["post-306723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-dui","tag-dui-checkpoint","tag-lbpd","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-beach-police-department","tag-west-long-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306723","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=306723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}