On Saturday December 3, 2016, the Norwalk Department of Police Service held a DUI Checkpoint along the West Avenue corridor. Six Norwalk Police Officers and two Wilton Police Officers worked the checkpoint. The checkpoint stats are as follows:

3 DUI arrests           4 seatbelt violations                    1 seatbelt violation for not having a 2-year-old child in a car seat                            1 felony arrest for failure to appear in court with an original charge of DUI in Norwalk

1 arrest for a suspended license                                    3 arrest for narcotics or marijuana                                                                                          17 infractions for other motor vehicle violations

Two additional roving DUI Enforcement Officers made an additional DUI arrest, 2 speeding infractions, an additional drug arrest and 10 additional infractions.

The DUI Enforcement Checkpoint was 75% funded by the Connecticut Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office.

Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111

(Norwalk Police Press Release)

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