Hawaiʻi Police Department
Traffic Services Section
Sergeant Robert P. Pauole
Phone: 961-2305
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police are informing motorists that police will increase enforcement by conducting DUI checkpoints over the Super Bowl weekend. The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”
These are the likely penalties for an arrest and conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant:
- Minimum bail for release from jail—$500
- Installation of interlock system—$200 plus $92.56/month
- Loss of drivers license
- Possible cancellation of insurance policy or a premium increase of up to $100 per month
- Alcohol assessment classes
- Community service
- Criminal probation
- Court fines
- Possible jail time