Three roving DUI sobriety checkpoints planned for Saturday, June 25

Law enforcement agencies across the state are cracking down on drunk drivers this summer season as part of the DUI Checkpoint Colorado
program.

In Jefferson County on Saturday, June 25, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Lakewood, Golden, Mountain View and Colorado School of Mines Police Departments, along with the Colorado State Patrol, will conduct three roving sobriety checkpoints, meaning the DUI checkpoint will move to three different locations throughout the evening.

This is the second set of roving checkpoints for Jefferson County Sheriff's Office this summer. As a result of the last set of checkpoints conducted on Friday, June 10, 13 arrests were made. Approximately 120 sobriety checkpoints total are planned for the summer - 20 more than took place last summer.

Details for Jefferson County checkpoints:
* Media Briefing: Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, 200 Jefferson County Parkway
(Please see directions below.)
* Checkpoint time: Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m. - 3 a.m. Locations to be
announced at briefing.
* Participating agencies: Approximately 10 officers from the Jefferson
County Sheriff's Office, Lakewood, Golden, Mountain View and Colorado
School of Mines Police Departments and the Colorado State Patrol.
* Checkpoint contact: Sgt.Gary Gittins, 303-271-5653.

Directions:
From 6th Avenue, turn onto Jefferson County Parkway/West 10th Avenue. Pass through one roundabout. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is located at 200 Jefferson County Parkway.

To view DUI sobriety checkpoint results and plans log onto www.dot.state.co.us/trafficsafety/.
To view the number of arrests, click on DUI Enforcement and choose Summer Checkpoints 2005. Click View Report. To view summer DUI enforcement plans by agency, click Reports on the header. Choose Enforcement Period Plans and select Summer Checkpoints 2005. Click Report.