Sobriety Checkpoint To Be Held In Northeast Ohio

BROOK PARK, OH — The Ohio State Highway Patrol's Cleveland Post will hold a sobriety checkpoint over the weekend. The location will be announced on the morning of the checkpoint, the Patrol said.

"If you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements before you drink. Don't let another life be lost for the senseless and selfish act of getting behind the wheel impaired," the Patrol said in a statement.

The checkpoint will be operated by the Highway Patrol's Cleveland Post, located in Brook Park.Local law enforcement officers will provide support for the sobriety checkpoint.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol held a sobriety checkpoint in Northeast Ohio in mid-July, stationing troopers and police officers in downtown Cleveland. The Patrol said its goal is to deter and catch drunken drivers.

"Based on provisional data, there were 33 OVI (impaired driving) related fatal crashes last year in Cuyahoga County," Lieutenant R. Gable, commander of the Cuyahoga Metro Post, said before the previous sobriety checkpoint was held. "State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving, but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways."