Checkpoint

Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, CPSO joins the "Click it or Ticket" campaign. Expect increased seatbelt checkpoints.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office will conduct a seat belt checkpoint at undisclosed location in the parish on Saturday, April 27.

Louisiana State Police Troop D will conduct a seat belt and sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Calcasieu Parish on Thursday, between 8 pm - 2 am.

Get the results from the Saturday, May 27, seatbelt and DWI checkpoint.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department did a DWI checkpoint last week in Westlake. Our story drew a facebook comment calling these checkpoints "harassment." How do you feel?

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office is making our community safer with DWI checkpoints. This past Friday deputies checked over seven hundred vehicles in Westlake. Here are the results.

We are in the middle of the Christmas party season; do your part to make it safe by designating a non-drinking driver. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department will be doing their part to keep our roads safe with another DUI checkpoint.

at undisclosed locations in Lake Charles.

For a lot of people ... a day off means celebrating with great food and a drink or two. There is nothing wrong with that as long as you don't drive after the drinks. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department is doing their part to keep our roads safe this holiday weekend with DWI checkpoints.

Really? Fourth DWI? My question remains ... why is he on the street after his third? With bond set at only $66,000 you may see him get his fifth.

This is certainly not great driving weather. Wet roads are dangerous and even more dangerous when facing the rain and impaired drivers. Louisiana State Police Troop D can not do anything about the weather ; but they can remove impaired drivers from our roadways and that will be the goal of Saturday's checkpoint night.

Last week we heard the sad story of a Westlake man getting his fourth DWI. This enforces the point that we still need DWI checkpoints.  These checkpoints are designed to make us safer by removing impaired drivers from our roads.