{"id":341569,"date":"2026-06-01T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341569\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:15:16","slug":"fresno-checkpoint-results-in-4-dui-arrests-32-citations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341569\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Checkpoint Results in 4 DUI Arrests, 32 Citations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint conducted by Fresno police, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The checkpoint was held Saturday at First Street and Tulare Avenue from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., according to the Fresno Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers contacted 276 vehicles during the operation. In addition to the DUI arrests, 32 drivers were cited for operating a vehicle without a valid license or while their license was suspended or revoked.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresno police said checkpoint locations are selected based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The department said the primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to improve public safety by removing suspected impaired drivers from the road.<\/p>\n<p>The department said its next DUI enforcement operation will be a checkpoint scheduled for June 13.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the checkpoint was provided through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/anthonywhaddad\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/anthonywhaddad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anthony W. Haddad<\/a>\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2026\/06\/01\/fresno-checkpoint-results-in-4-dui-arrests-32-citations\/mailto:ahaddad@gvwire.com\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2026\/06\/01\/fresno-checkpoint-results-in-4-dui-arrests-32-citations\/mailto:ahaddad@gvwire.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">email<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint conducted by Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-341569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341569","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=341569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}