As part of their commitment to crack down on drinking and driving, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff will set up DUI Checkpoints this weekend.

They announced that will conduct a sobriety check tonight (Friday 10/20/17) from 11 PM until 2 AM Saturday morning.

According to their press release;

"Law enforcement officers from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department will join together to conduct this checkpoint. The location of Friday's checkpoint was chosen based on local traffic collision data. Analysis of data captured in October 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). "

Please be careful this weekend and make sure you have a plan this weekend if you plan on drinking.

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