DUI checkpoint planned in Pottstown area

State police at Media announce DUI checkpoint in this weekend

A sobriety checkpoint will take place between Saturday night at 10 and Sunday at 3 a.m. at an unannounced location in Delaware County, state police said Friday. Cpl. Brendan Connor said Troop K Media station will conduct the checkpoint. The goal of the checkpoint is to remove drunken and drugged drivers from the road. “Help us fight drunk and drugged driving, a danger that is entirely preventable,” Connor said.

Police in Berks warn of checkpoints, DUI patrols through graduation party season

Checkpoints, roving DUI patrols and undercover details at stores that sell alcoholic beverages are in the works in Berks County for the rest of June, a time when high school graduation parties are typically held, officials announced. The enhanced enforcement follows a month in which local police took about two dozen impaired drivers off the roads in Berks on a single night in sobriety checkpoints, officials said. While police congratulate the 20…

DUI checkpoint planned in Pottstown area

Police departments in the Pottstown area are planning to intensify their efforts to enforce DUI and alcohol related crimes. Sometime over the next week, the multi-jurisdictional DUI enforcement team will be conducting at least one sobriety checkpoint operation. Police plan to reduce the number of DUI-related accidents by deterring potential drunk drivers, according to a press release. The enforcement team, commonly known as “Team DUI,” will appl…