CA - Norwalk sheriff to step up motorcycle safety, DUI checkpoints this week

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Norwalk sheriff to step up motorcycle safety, DUI checkpoints this week

By Phillip Zonkel Staff Writer
NORWALK -- The Norwalk Sheriff's Station will increase enforcement of motorcycle safety and conduct a DUI/driver's license checkpoint this week.
On Thursday, extra officers from the sheriff's station will patrol several areas that motorcyclists have frequented and where motorcycle crashes have occurred, officials said, they wouldn't release the locations.
The officers will be watching for drivers and riders making violations that can lead to motorcycle crashes, such as speeding or making illegal turns.
On Friday, extra officers will be deployed throughout the city from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. watching for drivers who might be driving under the influence.
The DUI checkpoint will take place from 7 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday, but the sheriff's station wouldn't release the location.
In 2011, one person was killed and 15 people were injured in 16 motorcycle-related crashes in Norwalk.
Last year, the number of collisions rose to 21, but the number of fatalities dropped to zero and injuries decreased to 13.
In the past three years, three people have been killed and 84 people injured in 148 DUI-related crashes.