(From the Joplin Police Department)
On Saturday March 19th, 2016 the Joplin Police Department along with members of the
Southwest Missouri DWI Taskforce and the support of MADD hosted a DWI checkpoint
at 7
th and Illinois.
The goals of the checkpoint were to:
1. Detect and apprehend impaired drivers
2. Raise Awareness to the dangers of Driving while intoxicated or impaired.
3. Encourage people to plan events and alternate transportation accordingly.
The checkpoints were in service from 9:20 pm to 2:00 am Sunday morning. One thousand seventy-three drivers were contacted. Seventeen field sobriety tests were conducted on subjects
5 -DWI’s
14 -total tickets
26 -warnings
1 –felony warrant
6 -total arrests
This checkpoint was funded through a grant provided by the Missouri Department of
Transportation Highway Safety Division.
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