APD advertises Labor Day checkpoints that never happened

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police advertised throughout the Labor Day weekend that officers were going to crack down on drunk drivers with additional patrolling and DWI checkpoints — checkpoints that never happened.
KRQE News 13 asked APD spokesperson Celina Espinoza for the number of arrests made at the checkpoints over the weekend. She initially said it would “take a week” to get those numbers. She later admitted APD canceled its checkpoints.
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