Glendale police arrest five drivers on suspicion of DUI during saturation patrol

Glendale Police Officer Kyle Heinbechner searches the occupant of a car at a checkpoint in this file photo from 2009.

Feb. 22, 2016 12:32 PM PT

Glendale police stopped 75 drivers and conducted 15 field sobriety tests during a DUI saturation patrol Saturday night, officials said.

From 6:30 p.m. Saturday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday, eight motorcycle officers looking for impaired drivers arrested five drivers on suspicion of driving under the influence, and two each for being unlicensed and having a suspended license, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.

One driver was cited and released on suspicion of reckless driving.

Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

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Alene Tchekmedyian

Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.