Expect Chesco DUI Checkpoint, Troopers Out Over Weekend: Police

AVONDALE, PA — Pennsylvania State Police Troop J will be out on the roads across Chester, Lancaster, and York counties, as well as at a sobriety checkpoint from Friday through Monday's holiday

"As we approach another holiday weekend, the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day as we return to normalcy. Be safe in your travels, buckle up, and don’t drive impaired," said Troop J Community Services Office Kevin Kochka.

Members from Troop J will be out the entire holiday weekend keeping the roads safe, Kochka said. The holiday reporting period starts on Friday, May 28, and continues through Memorial Day.

In addition, the Pennsylvania State Police, Avondale Barracks, will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint during the same holiday weekend period.

A sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint at which law enforcement stops vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug-impaired drivers. The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious injury crashes and to reduce the number of DUI drivers on Pennsylvania Highways, Kocha explained.

"The Pennsylvania State Police is committed to maintaining a safe environment for the motoring public. This checkpoint is intended to achieve that goal," a state police news statement said.

Motorists when approaching any law enforcement or any other emergency services personnel on the side of the road should move over.

For more information on the Pennsylvania State Police, visit www.psp.pa.gov.