Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine and Orange

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine, and in Orange.  Another Orange County DUI Checkpoint occurs tomorrow in Santa Ana.

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine and Orange. Another Orange County DUI Checkpoint occurs tomorrow in Santa Ana.  All the details and locations are below.

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine.

Irvine DUI Checkpoint was announced by the Irvine Police Department for the City of Irvine, at Barranca and Culver.  Since the police station is on Harvard, between Alton and Barranca, this is very close to the Irvine Police Station, and thus very convenient for Irvine PD officers, to arrest for any Irvine DUI cases.

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Orange.

The City of Orange has a DUI checkpoint in Orange, courtesy of the Orange Police Department.  The DUI checkpoint is scheduled for Katella Avenue, between Tustin Street and Cambridge.  It’s in the part of Orange just west of the California State 55 Freeway.

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tomorrow in Santa Ana.

The City of Santa Ana will have a DUI checkpoint in Santa Ana tomorrow, February 27, 2016.  It will occur in the heart of the residential area in South East Santa Ana, on Raitt St., between Bear Street and Fairview Avenue, in Santa Ana.

Even before the Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine and Orange were announced, we have covered here before all the reasons why DUI checkpoints are a bad idea, and why they don’t work.  

However, there is big money in DUI Checkpoints.  And checkpoints in an area like Raitt Street in Santa Ana may pick up many non-DUI violations, like lack of registration, lack of insurance, or gang or narcotic activities, that allow police to seize vehicles, meaning shared impound fees that are usually in the thousands, which can’t be collected for DUIs, since a drunk driver is not subject to impound.

That, plus officer overtime paid by grants and the money from federal and state grants, guarantee that DUI checkpoints occur over and over again, rather than the more effective DUI saturation patrols.  

Orange County DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Irvine and Orange

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