Police make 26 DUI arrests at checkpoint

by Arianna Hermosillo on Feb 26, 2009, under Local

Citizen Staff Writer
IN BRIEF

ARIANNA HERMOSILLO

ariannah@tucsoncitizen.com

Tucson police stopped 2,300 drivers and made 26 driving-under-the-influence arrests during a sobriety checkpoint Saturday night, said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a spokesman.

The checkpoint was designed to “increase the awareness of motorists about the dangers of impaired drinking, deter those who may be impaired from driving, and detect and investigate DUI offenses at the checkpoint,” Robinson said in a news release.

The checkpoint was on West Valencia Road, west of South 12th Avenue.

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