Crime & Safety
Police to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint
Portsmouth Police warn motorists that if they choose to drink and drive this weekend, they will be caught.
Chief Stephen J. DuBois of the Portsmouth Police Department, will continue the effort to apprehend drunk drivers in the City of Portsmouth by conducting sobriety checkpoints starting this weekend.
Sobriety Checkpoints have had proven success in the apprehension of drunk drivers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and elsewhere. We are confident that these upcoming checkpoints will be no exception. Sobriety checkpoints are supported by the NH branch of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) and the use of checkpoints to deter drunk driving has been approved by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
Motorists are forewarned that we will make every effort to apprehend drunk drivers and ask that patrons of bars and restaurants in the Seacoast make the right choice: use designated drivers, cabs or call a friend; when you drink and drive you risk your life and put others’ lives in danger.
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Submitted by Capt. Frank Warhol, Portsmouth Police Department
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