A first-time DUI offense carries an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, along with a suspended license
The Los Angeles Police Department will set up a DUI checkpoint on Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue in Venice on Friday, September 5 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., as part of a broader effort to curb impaired driving across the city.
The Venice checkpoint is one of several DUI enforcement operations scheduled from September 4 to September 8, including saturation patrols in Hollenbeck, Olympic, Newton, and West Valley areas, and additional checkpoints in other neighborhoods. The operations, funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, target areas with a history of impaired driving crashes and arrests…