Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Planned In Bucks County
The Pennsylvania State Police sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related fatal and serious crashes.
BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M has scheduled a DUI checkpoint to be conducted between Friday and Sunday.
The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol- and drug-related fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on Pennsylvania’s highways.
State Police did not state where the checkpoint will take place.
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The sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint wherein Troopers systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impairment.
"The Pennsylvania State Police is committed to maintaining a safe environment for the motoring public. This sobriety checkpoint is intended to achieve this goal," the State Police said in a release announcing the checkpoint.
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