Mansfield Post — Mansfield, Ohio
For Immediate Release: August
22 , 2003
Contact: Lt. Tony Bradshaw (614) 752-2792
Lt. James Wernecke (419)
756-2222
MANSFIELD – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Mansfield Post, in conjunction with the Mansfield Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced today that a sobriety checkpoint will be held from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. tonight on US 42 South, inside the Mansfield corporation limits.
Lt. James Wernecke 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. Wernecke said.
Support in conducting tonight’s sobriety checkpoint will be provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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