Multiple OVI checkpoints planned for Friday night

Monroe police officer Doug Leist works at an OVI checkpoint Early Saturday morning, June 11, 2011 along OH-4.

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Monroe police officer Doug Leist works at an OVI checkpoint Early Saturday morning, June 11, 2011 along OH-4.
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By Richard Wilson
April 19, 2018
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At least three sobriety checkpoints are planned for Friday night.

The Butler County OVI Task Force will be conducting a checkpoint and the Ohio State Highway Patrol Xenia Post announced they will be conducting two checkpoints in Greene County.

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The state and federally funded checkpoints are being held “to deter and intercept impaired drivers,” according to the patrol’s release.

In a prepared statement, Lt. Matt Schmenk, commander of the OSHP Xenia Post, said last year 405 people were killed in 379 OVI-related crashes across Ohio.

“State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers,” Schmenk’s statement reads. “OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.”

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The times and locations of the checkpoints will be released on Friday.

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