Police fanned out across Escondido on Friday to stage a specialized patrol, as well as a driver’s license and sobriety checkpoint, citing 96 drivers for various violations, officials said Saturday.
The citywide patrol targeted traffic violations that commonly lead to crashes, in what police refer to as “primary collision factors,” and was held from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the Escondido Police Department.
A license and DUI checkpoint was staged on Escondido Boulevard and Woodward Avenue from 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Of 1,409 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint, 537 drivers were contacted, 24 motorists were cited for driving without a license, and two were cited for driving on a suspended license, police said…