HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Huntsville Police Department's Driving Under the Influence task force will be out in force with traffic safety checkpoints during the Fourth of July holiday.

The department's DUI task force will be out Wednesday through Friday at the following locations: Winchester Road at Moores Mill Road, Memorial Parkway and Meadowbrook Road, Drake Avenue at Chasewood Drive, U.S. 72 at Chapman Mountain, Bob Wallace Avenue at Leeman Ferry Road, Andrew Jackson Way at Ward Avenue, Jordan Lane (Alabama 53) at University Drive and Old Monrovia Road at Providence Main.

Using crash data from the State of Alabama Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (C.A.R.E.) data program, the DUI unit will be setting up announced and unannounced random safety check points. When stopped at a safety checkpoint, citizens will be asked for a current driver's license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration. Additionally, seat belt compliance for both the drivers and all passengers will be checked.

The unit received grant enforcement money for the checkpoints from the Northeast Alabama Traffic Safety Office (N.A.T.S.O.)