Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: 620 West Ojai Avenue Ojai, CA

On Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m., members of the Ojai Police, Fillmore Police and Thousand Oaks Police Departments initiated a driver’s license checkpoint in the city of Ojai. The checkpoint was operated until 11:00 a.m., on West Ojai Avenue, east of El Paseo Road. During that two-hour period, deputies contacted 540 drivers and checked them for valid driver’s licenses.

Deputies cited 20 drivers for being unlicensed drivers, driving on a suspended or revoked license and not having their driver’s license in their possession. Deputies stored and impounded 8 vehicles during the checkpoint operation.

The checkpoint was initiated to promote public safety, educate the public on the laws governing driver’s licenses and to ensure community members have completed a driver’s training program for the safe operation of motor vehicles.

This checkpoint is the first of its kind in the Ojai Valley since the sobriety checkpoint earlier this year. Ojai Police and Sheriff’s Deputies are aware there are people driving without licenses and are taking enforcement efforts to stop it from continuing. Additional checkpoints are anticipated in the near future.