Shreveport Police Department
PO Box P • Shreveport, LA 71161 • 318/673-6932 • Fax: 318/673-6933
www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/police/spdnews
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 29 August 2002
Contact: Officer Bill Goodin, Public Information Officer
318/673-6932
Police to hold DWI checkpoint over holiday weekend
Shreveport police will again crack down on drinking and driving this holiday weekend.
A DWI checkpoint will take place this Friday night, August 30, in Area 3, which encompasses a large portion of west Shreveport. The checkpoint will run from 8 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.
Past sobriety checkpoints held during holiday weekends have been very successful in taking drunk drivers off of city roads. A similar checkpoint conducted over Memorial Day weekend resulted in 17 DWI arrests.
Besides checking for drunk drivers, officers will ask for driver’s licenses and proof of insurance. Drivers who do not have current information can be cited.
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