Simi Valley City Council Removes Member for Disclosing Location of DUI Checkpoint

The VC Star reported on Wednesday that the Simi Valley Metropolis Council has eliminated a neighborhood council member for disclosing the precise location of a DUI checkpoint carried out over the vacation season. 

The movement was carried in a 3 – 2 vote to dismiss Rebecca Albarran, a member of Neighborhood District Council 3, simply two months into her tenure on the council.

Mayor Keith Mashburn informed VC Star reporter Mike Harris that he believes Albarran made a foul judgment, particularly since she was simply appointed to the neighborhood council. 

Albarran was allowed to deal with the Metropolis Council through Zoom and felt that her elimination was a private “vendetta” for disclosing the situation and argued that by revealing the situation of the DUI checkpoint, she had damaged no legal guidelines. Albarran provided no apologies for her actions and didn’t consider that she was fallacious.

Different Council members rallied in assist of Albarran. They countered with the argument that the Los Angeles Police Division usually discloses the precise places of DUI checkpoints and hours of operation. 

Throughout the typically heated alternate, Simi Valley Police Chief Dave Livingstone stated that disclosing places for the checkpoints undermines their deterrent impact.

“ it’s going to be there,” Chief Livingstone stated, “however you don’t know precisely the place it’s going to be.”

On December 6, 2021, the Simi Valley Police Division introduced a DUI checkpoint at an undisclosed location on December 17. Albarran posted on social media in regards to the DUI checkpoint and directions on how motorists may keep away from the checkpoint by turning onto Nation Membership Drive.

Mayor Mashburn alleges that Albarran violated the town of Simi Valley’s code of ethics relating to legislation enforcement and the higher good of the group.