YPD releases Cinco de Mayo checkpoint results

The City of Yuma Police Department conducted an impaired driving detail on Friday, May 3 to Sunday, May 5, with help from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

YPD will also actively enforce traffic laws and get impaired drivers off the road, raise public awareness about the dangers of impaired driving, and save more lives on the roadways.

During this detail, they had one extra officer working along with the DUI Officer throughout the weekend and they conducted 39 traffic stops, which resulted in:

2 – Total Misdemeanor DUI Arrests one was for extreme DUI.

5 – Sober designated drivers contacted.

17 – Speeding citations issued 3 of them for Criminal Speed.

29 – Violations cited for other than speeding.

3 – Other arrests.