Another Sobriety Checkpoint Coming to NH

The New Hampshire State Police, with approval from the Merrimack Count Superior Court, will conduct a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the Chichester area this week, according Staff Sgt. Charles Johnston, the assistant troop commander for Troop D.

‘The Sobriety Checkpoint is the most effective method of detecting and apprehending the impaired operator,” he said in a statement. “The program, approved by the NH Highway Safety Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, provides federal highway safety funds to support these checkpoints.”

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The NHSP will be conducting the checkpoint in an effort to maintain safe roads in the wake of records showing an increase in alcohol usage by individuals that are operating motor vehicles.

“The purpose of the Sobriety Checkpoint is to deter, detect and apprehend the impaired driver,” Johnston said. “The New Hampshire State Police has taken an aggressive stance to prevent persons from driving when intoxicated. New Hampshire has some of the most aggressive laws in the country to fight the intoxicated driver and the law enforcement community will use those tools to their full extent.”

Caption: A file photo of a sobriety checkpoint in Bow recently. Credit: Brian Blackden