CHP holding DUI Sobriety Checkpoint in Meyers Friday

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol (CHP) South Lake Tahoe Area office has announced a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Sobriety Checkpoint to be held Friday, August 23, 2024. It will take place on US-50, west of Apache Avenue, within the unincorporated area of El Dorado County.

Officers will be setting up the checkpoint at approximately 8 p.m. and it will be operational shortly thereafter. The checkpoint will conclude at approximately 2 a.m. The sobriety checkpoint will be staffed by a team of CHP officers who will be controlling traffic, evaluating driver's sobriety, and handing out literature warning of the dangers of drinking and driving. Driver license checks will be conducted, and appropriate enforcement action will be taken.

If there is inclement weather, the checkpoint will be canceled for safety reasons and the units will be assigned to roving DUI patrol.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Traffic Safety Administration.