By Officer Mike Wood, PIO, mwood@cityofpensacola.com
The Pensacola Police Department’s D.U.I. Unit is coordinating a Comprehensive Roadside Safety Checkpoint on Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 8:00pm until 12:00am. The Pensacola Police Department is the lead agency on this initiative and will be receiving help from the Florida Highway Patrol, Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Gulf Breeze Police Department, and the Pensacola State College Police Department. The checkpoint will be in the area of 9th Avenue at Fairfield Drive. The checkpoint is aimed to make our roadways safer during the Labor Day weekend.