Traffic & Transit
Weekend To Kick Off With Drunken Driving Checkpoint In Vernon
Police will be conducting a DUI checkpoint in Vernon to start the weekend.
VERNON, CT — Vernon police will be conducting a drunken driving checkpoint to begin the weekend.
Vernon police and Metro Traffic Services will have a sobriety checkpoint set up from 6 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday on Hartford Turnpike.
The checkpoint is being funded through a federal Comprehensive DUI Enforcement Program grant that is a regional effort to combat drunk driving through the use of checkpoints and roving patrols.
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Part of the grant requirement is to publicize the checkpoint.
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