Sobriety Checkpoint in Harford Coming Up: Sheriff

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint mid December, officials announced.

The checkpoint, designed to keep intoxicated drivers off the road, will be set up from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, according to the sheriff’s office. Officials did not disclose the location for the checkpoint.

The announcement comes after the sheriff’s office conducted a heroin sweep on Tuesday, Nov. 24, that stirred controversy and drew the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which said it may have violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.

In that initiative, officials from various agencies, including the DEA, conducted patrols on major roads (US 1, MD 24, US 40 and MD 152) and neighborhoods that authorities said were hot spots for drugs.

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