St. Patrick’s Day Checkpoint On Tuesday

Federally-funded papers check at undisclosed location

Humboldt Sentinel
3/16/09
By Sentinel Staff

EUREKA -- Police officers will conduct a sobriety and driver license checkpoint within the city limits of Eureka on Tuesday, March 18.

Motorists approaching the checkpoint will see warning signs, traffic control patterns and officers contacting drivers on the roadway checking driver licenses and screening drivers for signs of intoxication. Drivers can shorten the delay by being ready to show an officer their driver’s license.

This papers check will occur at an as-yet undisclosed location, although judicial precedent requires the Eureka Police Department to disclose this at least one hour prior to its operation.

According to their release today, the EPD is dedicated to getting impaired drivers off the road roadways. So far this year officers have arrested 72 people for drunken driving.

Funding for the checkpoint comes from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For information call Senior Traffic Officer Gary Whitmer at (707) 441-4232, or e-mail him at gwhitmer@ci.eureka.ca.gov.