Crime & Safety
Jefferson County Sheriff to Staff Sobriety Checkpoints Friday in Fenton Area
Checkpoints increase opportunities to apprehend intoxicated or impaired drivers who may otherwise escape detection.

Sheriff Oliver βGlennβ Boyer advises in a news release that the Jefferson County Sheriffβs Department will be conducting a sobriety checkpointΒ Nov. 23 in the Fenton area. Sobriety checkpoints increase the opportunity for the apprehension of intoxicated and impaired drivers that would normally escape detection unless they were observed committing a violation or in a traffic crash.Β Boyer emphasizes to those who attend gatherings, when alcohol is consumed, to be responsible and have a sober driver take them home.
For more information contact Lieutenant Dave Marshak, (636) 797-5023 or www.saveMOlives.com.
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