The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on August 27, 2016 in support of a nationwide ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over‘ drunk driving enforcement campaign. The checkpoint wil take place Saturday night from 11:30 pm until 3:00 am.
Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, the Evansville Police Department and the Indiana State Police will join together to conduct this checkpoint. The location for Saturday’s checkpoint was chosen based on local traffic collision data. Analysis of data captured in July and August of 2016 indicated that several geographical areas within Vanderburgh County accounted for a disproportionately high number of reported hit and run crashes. The upcoming checkpoint will be located within one of those areas. Hit and run crashes are often the result of impaired drivers who try to avoid arrest by fleeing the scene.
The Evansville-Vanderburgh County Traffic Safety Partnership conducts sobriety checkpoints in an effort to detect and deter impaired drivers (thereby reducing the occurrence of alcohol and drug related traffic crashes). Funding for local sobriety checkpoint operations is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Previous News Release: 2016-NR-061
Pictured above: Vehicle being towed at a recent DUI checkpoint.
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