More DUI checkpoints come to Tucson
Chris Morand, Tucson police officer of the DUI squad, conducts a field sobriety test on an intoxicated driver at the Pima College Downtown campus parking lot around 2 a.m. on Nov.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Nogales Police Department recently accepted grants from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to help control drunk driving.
Pima County received two grants, which total $181,000, and plans to use the money in a variety of ways, such as establishing DUI checkpoints throughout Pima County.
UA Police Department Sgt. Juan Alvarez says DUI checkpoints follow a certain process and must stop a number of cars each night.
“Once they stop a car, they still have to establish that the person is impaired … by the way they smell or are talking and action,” Alvarez said.
Officers may lawfully make arrests of underage people even if they aren’t driving if they admit they are underage and the officer suspects they possess or have ingested alcohol.
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More DUI checkpoints come to Tucson (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
