Sobriety Checkpoint Returns

The Concord Police Department, with the assistance of the Merrimack County DUI Task Force, will be holding a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the region in the coming week.

The checkpoint will be held between July 21, and July 27, according to a press statement from Lt. Gregory Taylor of the planning and analysis unit of the department.

The sobriety checkpoints are being held around the state this summer in an effort to “detect and apprehend impaired drivers,” Taylor said.

“The Concord Police Department is taking an aggressive stance to prevent persons from driving while impaired,” he said. “New Hampshire has some of the most aggressive laws in the country to fight the impaired driver and the law enforcement community will use these tools to their full extent.”

Taylor said statistics show that the use of alcohol by individuals who operate motor vehicles has resulted in “an alarming number of deaths and personal injury accidents.” The checkpoint is the most effective method of detecting and apprehending impaired drivers, he noted. Checkpoints are approved by both the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Personnel from the Allenstown, Chichester, Concord, Epsom, Pembroke, and the Merrimack County Sheriff’s Office will be participating. 

Last year, Patch watched a sobriety checkpoint being performed in the city. Here’s a link to that story.