DPS to hold series of holiday checkpoints

The Department of Public Safety Traffic Section said that it would conduct sobriety and occupant protection checkpoints this holiday season as part of efforts to deter and detect drunk drivers and ensure that all vehicle occupants are protected.

According to the Traffic Section, each checkpoint will last an hour and 15 minutes at each location.

The first set of occupant protection and child restraint checkpoints would be conducted this Friday, Nov. 26, with the first operation set up along 2W Chalan Pale Arnold Road in Tanapag by Top Fashion. The checkpoint is scheduled to begin at 7am and conclude at 8:15am.

The second set up will be on Chalan Monsignor Martinez Road in As Lito by the CUC Water Pool, from 4pm to 5:15pm.

Another set of occupant protection and child restraint checkpoints will be conducted on Dec. 8, with the first set up on the Monsignor Martinez Road by the JTV Building beginning at 7:30am and concluding at 8:45pm.

The second checkpoint will be on Beach Road by the Minachom Atdao Pavilion on Susupe from 4:30pm to 5:45pm.

A set of DUI sobriety checkpoints will be held on Dec. 11, with the first conducted on the 2W Chalan Pale Arnold Road in Puerto Rico from 7pm to 8:15pm, and the second from 9pm to 10:15pm on Beach Road Chalan Lau Lau by Triple J Motors.

Sobriety checkpoints will also be conducted on Christmas Eve and early Christmas morning.

A checkpoint will be held along on Beach Road Chalan Kanoa by the Bargain House from 8pm to 9:15pm and another on 2W Chalan Pale Arnold Road in Chalan Lau Lau by Verizon from 10:15pm to 11:30pm. Both checkpoints will be conducted on Dec. 24.

Another checkpoint will be held on Beach Road Susupe in front of the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Building from 1:45am to 3am.

DPS also announced that checkpoints would be conducted on New Year’s Eve and early New Year’s morning.

The first set up on Dec. 31 will be on 16 Highway Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Road in Chalan Kiya in front of the CUC Waterloo Station from 7:30pm to 8:45pm, and the second on Beach Road Chalan Lau Lau by the New BJ Garden Restaurant from 10pm to 11:15pm.

The final set up will be from 1am to 2:15am on the 2W Chalan Pale Arnold Road in Garapan by the Garapan Central Park on Jan. 1.

In addition to the checkpoints, the DPS Traffic Section officers will be performing highway criminal interdiction, aggressive driver interdiction, and laser activities.

For more information, contact Rose T. Ada-Hocog or Sgt. Sylvan M. Rangamar at 664-9084/5.