Police to Run Sobriety Checkpoint on Seacoast

By Lt. Chris Vetter
New Hampshire State Police

As a result of the increasing incidents of drinking and driving, the New Hampshire State Police, in cooperation with the Seabrook Police Department and the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department, applied for, and were granted, a Superior Court Petition to conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint. The “Sobriety Checkpoint” is one of the most effective methods of detecting and 
apprehending the impaired driver. 

The program, approved by the NH Highway Safety Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, provides federal highway safety funds to support this checkpoint, which will be conducted in Seabrook.

A review of records has shown that the use of alcohol by individuals who operate motor vehicles has resulted in an alarming number of deaths and personal injury accidents.  Therefore, in an effort to maintain safe roads in Seabrook, the New Hampshire State Police, Troop A, along with the Seabrook Police Department and the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department, will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint in the Seabrook area during the week of August 25, 2013.

The purpose of the Sobriety Checkpoint is to detect and apprehend the impaired driver. NH State Police Troop A Commander  Lieutenant Christopher W. Vetter, Seabrook Police Chief Lee Bitomske and Rockingham County High Sheriff Michael Downing have taken an aggressive stance to prevent persons from driving when intoxicated. New Hampshire has some of the most aggressive laws in the country to fight the intoxicated driver and the law enforcement community will use those tools to their full extent.