HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Huntsville Police Department released the numbers from the DUI checkpoints held over the weekend.
HPD said the DUI Task Force conducted a DUI Safety Checkpoint on Friday into Saturday from 11:59 p.m. until 3:59 a.m.
The department said a total of 10 people were arrested for driving under the influence, 38 citations were issued and 26 written warnings were handed out.
For the weekend as a whole, from Friday to Monday, data points include:
- 16 DUI arrests (Includes safety checkpoint numbers)
- 121 Citations Issued (Includes safety checkpoint numbers)
- 90 Written Warnings (Includes safety checkpoint numbers)
“It’s a it’s a small choice, but that small choice is massive consequences, and those massive consequences are losing your life or taking the life of someone else,” HPD DUI Sgt. Antonio Shorter said.
HPD said it is ramping up enforcement and education to fight impaired driving and protect drivers.
“Our goal is to deter impaired driving, connect with our community and educate the public about the dangers and consequences it brings,” Shorter said. “Every life lost to impaired driving is preventable.”
HPD’s DUI Task Force uses data from the National Alabama Highway Safety Office, which has identified more than 50 traffic crash hotspots across Huntsville. Officers conducted checkpoints at one or more of the following locations:
- Jordan Lane and Sparkman Drive
- Mastin Lake Road and Pulaski Pike
- Bankhead Parkway and Douglas Lane
- Cecil Ashburn Drive and Old Big Cove Road
- Church Street and Pratt Avenue
- Clinton Avenue and Monroe Street
- University Drive and Old Monrovia Road
- University Drive and Research Park Boulevard
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