Ashland Post — Ashland, Ohio

 

For Immediate Release: July 24, 2003
Contact: Lt. Tony Bradshaw (614) 752-2792
Contact: Lt. Dick Miller (419) 289-0911

 

Patrol sobriety checkpoint on State Route 3 in Ashland County tonight

ASHLAND – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Ashland Post, in conjunction with the Loudonville Police Department, Perrysville Police Department, and the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office, announced today that a sobriety checkpoint will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. tonight on State Route 3.

Lt. Dick Miller said that sobriety checkpoints are designed to encourage those who will be consuming alcoholic beverages to plan for a designated driver or to make other arrangements.

“We want to discourage potential drinking drivers. That is our ultimate goal. However, the checkpoint is designed to remove impaired drivers from the road and that is what we intend to do,” Lt. Miller said.

Support in conducting tonight’s sobriety checkpoint will be provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

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