Crime & Safety

Main Line Cops Cracking Down On DUI Through Sept 16

For about a week and a half, a Main Line police department will be looking for DUI motorists as part of an impaired driving crackdown.

A Main Line police department will be out in force to combat impaired driving for the next week and a half.

Lower Merion Township Police will conduct Impaired Driving Checkpoints combined with Roving Patrols in the township from Sept. 6 through Sept. 16.

The weekend initiative is part of a national effort to crackdown on DUI, which featured intensified, highly visible enforcement activities using the tagline "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over."

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Sobriety checkpoints are highly visible, systematic methods for stopping vehicles to determine whether drivers are operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances.

The sobriety checkpoint is being funded by a PennDOT grant and is one of many tools utilized to increase public safety through increased awareness created by high profile enforcement, police said.

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Contact Lower Merion Police at (610) 6349-1000 for more information.

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