Crime & Safety
DUI Crackdown On Main Line Through Dec 16
You've heard it before: Drive sober or get pulled over. Through Dec. 16, a main line police department will be looking for impaired drivers.
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 Dec. 7 through Dec. 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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