St. Clairsville Post — St. Clairsville, Ohio
For Immediate Release: October
3, 2003
Contact: Lt. Tony Bradshaw (614) 752-2792
Lt. Ronald Klier (740)
695-0915
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s St. Clairsville Post, in conjunction with the St. Clairsville Police Department and the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office, announced today that a sobriety checkpoint will be held from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. tonight on U.S. 40 near milepost 20.
Lt. Ronald Klier 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. Klier said.
Support in conducting tonight’s sobriety checkpoint will be provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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