Highway Patrol to set up OVI checkpoints in Hillsboro, Wilmington Saturday, Sept. 24
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The Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced that it will conduct an OVI (Operating a Vehicle Impaired) checkpoint in Hillsboro on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 24 along a section of North High Street (U.S. 62).
Motorists can expect traffic delays for the Highway Patrol exercise.
In addition, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced that it will conduct an OVI checkpoint in Wilmington tonight along Rombach Avenue.
According to the Highway Patrol website, sobriety checkpoints were first employed by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in July 1989. "They are enforcement tools which mirror the Patrol's objectives and provide that essential mix crucial to effective law enforcement goals," the OSHP said.
On June 14, 1990, the United State Supreme Court reviewed and upheld the use of sobriety checkpoints as a valid enforcement tool if operated within guidelines.
The first and perhaps the most important requirement for the establishment of a sobriety checkpoint is that the site of the check must have a long term history of alcohol-related crashes and/or incidents of impaired driving. This test establishes the need for these extraordinary deterrent efforts. After the agency establishes the need, administrators must begin the process of planning and organizing this rather substantial undertaking. Once the logistical, staffing, and operational needs have been addressed, the actual process of conducting a sobriety checkpoint can begin.
About a week before the checkpoint is conducted, public notice is given that the checkpoint will be established. At this stage of the public advisory process, it is only necessary to provide a general date, time, and location for the event. Although general, it has begun to focus on the problem area. A final advisory is issued by a checkpoint administrator a few hours before the site is established and the screening for alcohol or drug-impaired drivers begins. This advisory gives the exact location and tells when the checkpoint operation will begin and end.
About an hour or two in advance of the establishment of the checkpoint, the officer who will be in charge of the operation conducts a briefing with the police officers who will operate the various elements of the checkpoint. At this briefing, which is required by the judicial guidelines, the officer-in-charge will give an overview of the operation of the checkpoint, provide each checkpoint officer a clearly defined set of operational objectives, and emphasize all the procedures needed to make the checkpoint as safe and efficient as possible.
The safety of the public and the officers in the check zone must be of paramount importance to everyone involved, the OSHP said.
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Motorists can expect traffic delays for the Highway Patrol exercise.
In addition, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced that it will conduct an OVI checkpoint in Wilmington tonight along Rombach Avenue.
According to the Highway Patrol website, sobriety checkpoints were first employed by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in July 1989. "They are enforcement tools which mirror the Patrol's objectives and provide that essential mix crucial to effective law enforcement goals," the OSHP said.
On June 14, 1990, the United State Supreme Court reviewed and upheld the use of sobriety checkpoints as a valid enforcement tool if operated within guidelines.
The first and perhaps the most important requirement for the establishment of a sobriety checkpoint is that the site of the check must have a long term history of alcohol-related crashes and/or incidents of impaired driving. This test establishes the need for these extraordinary deterrent efforts. After the agency establishes the need, administrators must begin the process of planning and organizing this rather substantial undertaking. Once the logistical, staffing, and operational needs have been addressed, the actual process of conducting a sobriety checkpoint can begin.
About a week before the checkpoint is conducted, public notice is given that the checkpoint will be established. At this stage of the public advisory process, it is only necessary to provide a general date, time, and location for the event. Although general, it has begun to focus on the problem area. A final advisory is issued by a checkpoint administrator a few hours before the site is established and the screening for alcohol or drug-impaired drivers begins. This advisory gives the exact location and tells when the checkpoint operation will begin and end.
About an hour or two in advance of the establishment of the checkpoint, the officer who will be in charge of the operation conducts a briefing with the police officers who will operate the various elements of the checkpoint. At this briefing, which is required by the judicial guidelines, the officer-in-charge will give an overview of the operation of the checkpoint, provide each checkpoint officer a clearly defined set of operational objectives, and emphasize all the procedures needed to make the checkpoint as safe and efficient as possible.
The safety of the public and the officers in the check zone must be of paramount importance to everyone involved, the OSHP said.
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