Long Beach police said they arrested two people on suspicion of driving under the influence at a DUI checkpoint Friday night near the northern edge of Downtown.
Officers ran the checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Seventh Street and Locust Avenue, according to the department. Police said they picked the location based on data about DUI crashes and citations.
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In all, they screened 280 drivers of the 869 that passed through. Eleven people were cited for driving without a valid license, police said.
“The primary purpose of DUI/CDL checkpoints are to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off roads,” police said…