{"id":432850,"date":"2026-08-14T15:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432850\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:20:24","slug":"lbpd-will-carry-out-dui-checkpoint-on-aug-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432850\/","title":{"rendered":"LBPD will carry out DUI checkpoint on Aug. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 the East Division area this Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes, according to the LBPD. The primary purpose of DUI\/CDL checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking impaired drivers off the road, increase awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving and serve as a deterrent to potential impaired and unlicensed drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cImpaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk,\u201d LBPD Lt. Jose Flores said in a public statement. \u201cAny prevention measures that reduce the number of impaired drivers on our roads significantly improve traffic safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Impaired driving is not only caused by alcohol. Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving as well. While medicinal and recreational marijuana usage is legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"Signal_Tribune_Ad_1 (1) (3)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786720824_767_Signal_Tribune_Ad_1-1-3-pdf.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/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],"class_list":["post-432850","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432850","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=432850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432850\/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=432850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}