Crime & Safety

State Troopers Plan DUI Checkpoint

The goal is to reduce DUI crashes.

 

The will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the county this weekend.

During sobriety checkpoints, police systematically stop vehicles to briefly observe drivers for behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impaired drivers.

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According to a release, the goal of sobriety checkpoints is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related fatal and serious crashes and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on state highways.

 

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