On Saturday, June 14, 2008, the Riverside Police Department conducted a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on University Avenue at Douglass Avenue in the City of Riverside. Several Volunteers and Police Cadets from the Department were on hand to assist with the effort.

Between the hours of 8 PM and 2 AM, more than 1570 vehicles drove through the checkpoint. There were five DUI arrests, seventy-two citations were issued and fifty-five vehicles were impounded. Several vehicles were inspected and one cite was issued for illegally modifying their vehicle for street racing. In addition, one subject was arrested for a Felony Narcotics warrant and one subject entered the checkpoint having an open container of an alcoholic beverage. One vehicle came though the checkpoint having five adults and seven small children that were not properly secured in the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle threw a plastic bindle into a diaper bag in the car when contacted by officers at the checkpoint. The bindle was discovered to contain several grams of Cocaine.

Funding for this DUI in California operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.