Sobriety Checkpoint Planned

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Dec 19, 2003 12:00 am

Police plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the night of Friday, December 19, and early morning hours of Saturday, December 20, to apprehend motorists who are driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Police did not disclose the location of the checkpoint. They have conducted such checkpoints at several different locations during the past several years.

Nine police officers and a supervisor will staff the operation, which is illuminated by emergency lighting operated by volunteer firefighters.

Such checkpoints seek to have motorists voluntarily comply with motor vehicle laws. The effort serves as an educational tool to inform the public that police are enforcing the drunken driving laws.

Every vehicle traveling in both directions past the checkpoint will be stopped by police. Police will conduct a brief interview with each driver. Through such interviews police gauge whether drivers have been drinking alcohol or using drugs. Sobriety tests will be performed on people suspected of intoxication.

Police may pursue motorists who seek to avoid passing through the checkpoint.

Motorists who are charged with drunken driving are transported to the police station where their arrests are processed before they are released on bail for future appearances in Danbury Superior Court to answer the charges.

A majority of police overtime costs for the sobriety checkpoints are funded by grants intended for expanded drunken driving law enforcement.

Police have conducted many such sobriety checkpoints during the past several years.

Besides the December 19â20 sobriety checkpoint, police are running extra roving patrols on selected dates through December designed to spot drunken drivers and get them off local roads. Such extra patrols will be on the road on New Yearâs Eve.

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