New Philadelphia Post — New Philadelphia, Ohio
For Immediate Release: September
12 , 2003
Contact: Lt. Tony Bradshaw (614) 752-2792
Lt. Eric Escola (330) 339-1103
NEW PHILADELPHIA – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s New Philadelphia Post, in conjunction with the Dover Police Department and the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office, announced today that a sobriety checkpoint will be held from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. tonight on State Route 3 at milepost 11.
Lt. Eric Escola 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. Escola said.
Support in conducting tonight’s sobriety checkpoint will be provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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