Police To Hold DWI Checkpoints In New Jersey

Police will conduct DWI checkpoints in several locations in New Jersey this weekend - but not everybody was willing to offer specific locations.

A DWI checkpoint will be conducted in Monmouth County from Friday night to Saturday morning.

The Monmouth County DWI Task Force’s checkpoint will run the checkpoint on Route 35 south in Shrewsbury from 11 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday.

Task force members and Shrewsbury police will pull vehicles from the southbound lanes into the Shrewsbury Plaza parking lot to determine driver’s sobriety, according to Brielle Police Chief Michael W. Palmer, the task force coordinator.

Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, meanwhile, has announced that his department will bring back its annual countywide DWI checkpoint program.

The program consists of staging numerous checkpoints throughout Ocean County at undisclosed locations.

“The start of prom season and the added volume of summer shore traffic calls for increased vigilance by law enforcement, and that will be the focus over the coming months to keep motorists safe,” Coronato said in a statement.

The program targets also utilizes an addition of two “Drug Recognition Experts” at each checkpoint to detect those under the influence of narcotics, Coronato said.

The checkpoint program, which is funded in part by the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, will be conducted by local police agencies in conjunction with detectives from the Prosecutor’s Office and Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit.

Within the past three weeks, checkpoints were held on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, and police have indicated that those checkpoints could return to those spots and:

• Eatontown, Hope Road
• Woodbury, Clements Bridge Road
• Cherry Hill, U.S. 30
• Roselle, St. George Avenue