Media Release

Traffic Enforcement Unit and Puna Community Policing officers conducted a DUI sobriety checkpoint on Pāhoa Village Road fronting Pāhoa High and Intermediate School at 3 p.m. Tuesday (December 14).

Boys and girls from the Pāhoa Boys and Girls Club also participated by waving signs to the passing motorists advising them not to drink and drive during the holiday season.

Officers contacted 223 drivers during the checkpoint.

Police will be increasing DUI sobriety checkpoints throughout the island during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.