Crime & Safety
DUI Checkpoint Planned for Labor Day Weekend
Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast have announced a planned DUI checkpoint, which will be set up somewhere in Northampton County during the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend.
Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast announced this week that a sobriety checkpoint will be set up somewhere in Northampton County between Thursday, Aug. 29 and Tuesday, Sept. 3, which includes the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend.
"A sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint where Pennsylvania State Troopers systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impaired drivers," police explained in a news release.
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