(From the Joplin Police Department)
On Saturday August 27th, 2016 the Joplin Police Department along with members of
the Southwest Missouri DWI Taskforce and the support of MADD hosted a DWI
checkpoint at 34th and Main.
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 checkpoint was in service from 9:20 pm Saturday night until 2:00 am Sunday
morning.
Seven hundred fifty-four drivers were contacted
-Eight field sobriety tests were conducted on subjects
-One DWI Arrest
-Four total tickets
-One total arrest
This checkpoint was funded through a grant provided by the Missouri Department of
Transportation Highway Safety Division.
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