Date/Time Written:

8/23/200904:41

Type of Incident:

DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint

Date/Time of Incident:

8/22/200919:15

Location of Incident:

Margarita and Torrey Pines

Reporting Officer:

Sergeant Jon Flavin

Reporting Officer Phone:

951-304-2677

File Number:

Incident Summary

On Saturday August 22, 2009 the Murrieta Police Department conducted a combination sobriety/driver's license checkpoint in the City of Murrieta.  The checkpoint was set up to screen traffic northbound Margarita Road north of Torrey Pines Road.

The checkpoint was funded by a traffic safety grant the City of Murrieta was awarded by the State of California, Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Office of Traffic Safety (O.T.S.).

The checkpoint began operations at 7:15 p.m. and ended at 1:00 am. A total of 1,180 vehicles drove through the checkpoint, and of these vehicles 913 were screened.  Twenty-seven of the drivers screened were pulled into a secondary area.