For further information please contact: Corporal Jeff Wilson
636-300-2800 ext. 3334
C01036
June 16, 2011

EMPHASIS: Sobriety Checkpoint To Be Held In Franklin County

Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Franklin County sometime in the month of July 2011. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, in cooperation with other area law enforcement agencies, will conduct the checkpoint.

Sobriety checkpoints are part of the Patrol’s efforts to remove intoxicated drivers from Missouri’s highways, and are conducted at various locations which have been found to experience a higher than normal number of alcohol-related contacts and collisions.

Captain Johnson says, “Intoxicated drivers compromise the safety of themselves and of every person who travels the highways in Franklin County. We will continue to do everything we can to remove these hazardous drivers from our highways.”

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