during a checkpoint

[sunsunmoon]

No DUI arrests were made during a checkpoint held in Rancho Mirage.

The checkpoint was held Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m. and wrapping up Sunday morning at 1 a.m. on Highway 111 at Library Way, according to Sergeant Dave Adams of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

(From No DUI Arrests Made During Rancho Mirage Checkpoint - KPSP Local 2)

Are during a checkpoint and The checkpoint correct? Would it be correct to say "during a checkpoint operation" and "The checkpoint operation"?

[Tdol]

To me, during a checkpoint operation...The [checkpoint] operation sounds better. I think of checkpoint as a place, so using during sounds strange IMO.

[eslteachertim]

I assume this is US English?
In English a checkpoint wouldn't have the quality of duration, if it did it would be called a temporary checkpoint or permanent checkpoint.
You would say, during a raid, because a raid suggests a temporary event.
Personally I see this as a new use of the word and would not use it in this way.
Yuk!

[SoothingDave]

No DUI arrests were made during a checkpoint held in Rancho Mirage.

The checkpoint was held Saturday, beginning at 8 p.m. and wrapping up Sunday morning at 1 a.m. on Highway 111 at Library Way, according to Sergeant Dave Adams of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

(From No DUI Arrests Made During Rancho Mirage Checkpoint - KPSP Local 2)

Are during a checkpoint and The checkpoint correct? Would it be correct to say "during a checkpoint operation" and "The checkpoint operation"?

This seems to be the normal usage in the US.