More DUI checkpoints to be set up in LA area over weekend

Police will increase the number of DUI checkpoints throughout the Los Angeles area over the weekend as part of the "DUI doesn't just mean booze" campaign.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police will increase the number of DUI checkpoints throughout the Los Angeles area over the weekend.

It's all part of the "DUI doesn't just mean booze" campaign.

Two of Friday night's checkpoints will be near south Los Angeles and in North Hills.

In addition to the checkpoints, the LAPD will have saturation patrols.

So far in 2018, the LAPD has investigated more than 1,000 DUI-related crashes, which have included seven fatalities.

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