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DUI Checkpoint Reveals Many Fresno Drivers Aren't Licensed
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By Bill McEwen, News Director
Published 22 minutes ago on
June 29, 2026

Fresno PD's next DUI checkpoint is scheduled for Saturday, July 4. (GV Wire Composite/Paul Marshall)

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DUI checkpoints do more than take drunk and buzzed drivers off the road.

They also bring law enforcement into contact with people who aren’t licensed to drive. Or are driving on suspended and revoked licenses.

Fresno police arrested five people on suspected DUI between between 9 p.m. Saturday and 3. a.m. Sunday. However, officers also cited 18 drivers for not being legally licensed.

Those totals are from 292 drivers stopped at the checkpoint at Cedar and Bullard avenues. Thus, more than 6% of drivers there during that time weren’t legally on the road.

Fresno PD’s next DUI checkpoint is scheduled for Saturday, July 4. Local authorities say that DUI checkpoint locations are based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes.

Funding for the checkpoints are from a California Office of Traffic Safety grant received from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

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Bill McEwen,
News Director
Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-492-4031 or at bmcewen@gvwire.com
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