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DUI Checkpoints: Tonight Pacoima, Tomorrow Baldwin Hills
The Los Angeles Police Department have released information regarding two planned Sobriety and License checkpoints for this weekend. Tonight they will be set up in Pacoima near the I-5 and 118 Freeway interchange on Van Nuys Boulevard between Laurel Canyon and Remick Avenue from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday, the LAPD plan to run a checkpoint in Baldwin Hills on La Brea Avenue between Rodeo Road and Exposition Boulevard from 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.
As always, the LAPD use theyse Sobriety checkpoints to verify proper licensing for drivers, to check for--and remove from the streets--drivers who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and educate the public about the dangers of driving while intoxicated.
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