{"id":320635,"date":"2026-05-18T01:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320635\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:52:15","slug":"dui-license-checkpoint-set-for-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320635\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI, license checkpoint set for Saturday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is set to conduct a DUI and driver\u2019s license checkpoint Saturday night within city limits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The checkpoint is set to be held from 6:30 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday at an undisclosed area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by 20% when well-publicized checkpoints and saturation patrols are conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the checkpoint, officers will be looking for signs of impairment and proper licensing. When possible, a trained officer will evaluate motorists suspected of drug-impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said drug-impaired driving includes many prescription drugs, marijuana, some over the counter medication and illegal narcotics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DUI convictions can result in significant jail time, fines and other expenses that could top $10,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone who suspects seeing an impaired driver on the road is asked to call 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is set to conduct a DUI and driver\u2019s license checkpoint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,37751,32529,114607,328,133743,37752],"class_list":["post-320635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-checkpoint","tag-drivers-license","tag-dui-convictions","tag-kget","tag-saturation-patrols","tag-undisclosed-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320635","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=320635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}