Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoint

This weekend, police will be setting up a Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoint.  From Friday night until early Saturday morning (most likely) police will stop motorists in La Puente as well as two other locations.  Since March, police have conducted six  Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoints in La Puente.  In that time 128 vehicles have been impounded and seven arrests have occurred due to Drunk Driving at those stops.

Any Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoint has to abide by certain procedures, or else a skilled DUI Defense Attorney can quickly get any charges dropped in court.  This is why it is so important to contact a skilled DUI lawyer if you have been arrested and/or charged with drunk driving at such a stop. For example, a  Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpointmust abide by the following guidelines if they are to be considered valid and legal:

• The public must be given notice
• There must be a turnaround area prior to the checkpoint
• The searches of each car must be random and impartial
• Safety conditions must be monitored at the checkpoint
• And many others.

A skilled DUI Defense Attorney will thoroughly analyze and Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoint to see if his client can avoid prosecution for charges brought by an illegal search.  These stops (or DUI roadblocks) are set up in order to regulate the number of drunk drivers in California.  However, many studies have shown that the police wind up impounding cars and citing people for expired driver's licenses and not arresting suspected drunk drivers.  The states and cities are using  Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoints more for their ability to bring in revenue than for their ability to prevent drunk driving.

Kestenbaum Eisner & Gorin, LLP is one of the premier Los Angeles DUI Defense Attorney firms in the city.  If you or someone you love has been charged with, accused of or arrested for drunk driving due to a Los Angeles Sobriety Checkpoint stop, contact our drunk driving lawyers at 877-781-1570 immediately.  We have the experience, knowledge and skill to provide an excellent legal defense.