Category: General Blog

DUI checkpoints for Saturday, March 22nd: CHECKPOINT 1 Time:  8pm-2am Location: Los Angeles (Torrance) – Sepulveda Blvd. @ Western Ave. CHECKPOINT 2 Time:  9pm-3am Location: Orange County (Garden Grove) – Chapman Ave. @ Loara St. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

DUI checkpoint for Friday, March 14th: CHECKPOINT Time:  7pm-3am Location: Los Angeles (Alhambra) – Garfield Ave. @ Linda Vista Ave. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

DUI checkpoint for Friday, March 7th: CHECKPOINT Time:  8pm-2am Location: Los Angeles (North Hollywood) – Victory Blvd. @ Saint Clair Ave. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

DUI checkpoint for Saturday, March 8th: CHECKPOINT Time:  7pm-1am Location: Los Angeles – Slauson Ave. @ Vermont Ave. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

You may have seen it done or actually done it roadside during a police stop…walking a straight line, touching your finger to your nose, or standing on one foot.  These tests, referred to as field sobriety tests or “FSTs”, are administered by law enforcement to exercise mental and physical ability to drivers who are suspected to be under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.  The results are then assessed in attempts to determine an individual’s level of impairment and if they are too intoxicated to drive.  To increase the testing accuracy, police officers are trained in conducting these tests, however,… Read More

Breathalyzer is the brand name for the gadget invented by Robert Frank Borkenstein in 1958, used for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.  Now almost sixty years later, the trademarked “Breathalyzer” has become a much more generic term and evolved into a very tech savvy instrument.  Portable, light in weight, and easy to administer, law enforcement can use the apparatus to perform a breath test, assess BAC, and assist in establishing probable cause in a driving under the influence (DUI) arrest.  However, the accuracy of breath test results is being questioned. In California and all of the… Read More

DUI checkpoints for Friday, February 21st: CHECKPOINT 1 Time:  Undisclosed Location: Los Angeles (West Hollywood) – San Vicente Blvd. @ Beverly Blvd. CHECKPOINT 2 Time:  8pm-2am Location: Los Angeles – Fairfax Ave. @ Colgate Ave. CHECKPOINT 3 Time:  9pm-3am Location: Orange County (Santa Ana) – Bristol St. @ Borchard Ave. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

DUI checkpoint for Saturday, February 22nd: CHECKPOINT Time:  8pm-2am Location: Los Angeles (Panorama City) – Van Nuys Blvd. @ Roscoe Blvd.  Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!

Across the country, DUI and drunk driving keeps popping up.  We hear it on the news, we learn about it on billboards, and we read it in tabloids.  Laws are changing, penalties are evolving, and drunk driving is getting much more attention. This makes Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) anything but ‘mad’. Founded in 1980, MADD began with the goal of reducing drunk driving traffic fatalities through national education and public relations campaigns.  As the awareness of drunk driving has evolved, so has their mission.  Now nearly thirty-five years later, almost a $50 million organization with local chapters in every… Read More

DUI checkpoint for Friday, February 14th: CHECKPOINT Time:  8pm-2am Location: Los Angeles (Studio City) – Ventura Blvd. @ Big Oak Dr. Like and share with your friends. If arrested for DUI call 888-4-TOPGUN (888-486-7486) Drive safe!