Crime & Safety

Nashville Sobriety Checkpoint Set For Cinco De Mayo

Metro Police will be running a sobriety checkpoint in Donelson late Friday into Saturday morning.

DONELSON, TN — Toss back tequila and Corona Friday, just make sure to toss the keys to someone else. Metro Police have set a sobriety checkpoint for the late night hours on Friday into early Saturday morning.

The checkpoint will be on Lebanon Pike in Donelson. It will be staffed by the MNPD’s DUI Unit and extra-duty officers working through a grant from the Tennessee Highway Safety Office.

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In addition, officers on normal patrol will be keeping an extra out for impaired drivers.

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