Three days ago, the Outpost ran a Eureka Police Department press release about a sobriety checkpoint planned for yesterday. We were curious about how it went down and EPD was nice enough to share some stats, so here they are, courtesy of EPD’s public information officer Laura Montagna.

Yesterday, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the intersection of 4th and Commercial streets, EPD

-Screened 497 cars

-Stopped 20 cars

-Conducted three field sobriety tests

-Issued seven citations for driving without a license, or with a suspended license

-Towed one car