Another Sobriety Checkpoint Coming to Central NH

BEDFORD, NH – The New Hampshire State Police along with Bedford Police are holding a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in town during the weekend of June 24, 2016, according to a press statement.

It will be the latest checkpoint since seven people were arrested last week in New Hampton after a checkpoint on Route 104.

Both troopers from Troop B and local officers will be conducting the checkpoint.

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“The checkpoint is authorized by the Hillsborough County Superior Court, and will be conducted under guidelines promulgated by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office,” according to Sgt. S. Callinan of the NHSP. “The New Hampshire State Police and the Bedford Police consider the identification and apprehension of impaired drivers and enforcement of the driving while intoxicated statutes to be a top priority. Sobriety checkpoints are one of the best methods of deterring the impaired driver.”

File photo from a NHSP checkpoint in Bow by Brian Blackden.