The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Texas County sometime in the month of March. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, in cooperation with area law enforcement, will conduct the checkpoint.
Sobriety checkpoints – in cooperation with area law enforcement – are part of the patrol’s efforts to remove careless and impaired drivers from Missouri’s highways. The enforcement operation will be conducted at a location which has been found to experience a higher than normal number of alcohol-related contacts, hazardous driving contacts and traffic crashes.
“The use of sobriety checkpoints enable the Missouri State Highway Patrol to enhance our efforts in removing drugged and intoxicated drivers from our roadways,” said Captain Mark G. Inman, commanding officer of Troop G. “Please, never drink and drive.”