Sunday, November 06, 2005

Tampa DUI - Deputies to conduct sobriety checkpoints

Tampa DUI Post - PINELLAS COUNTY - Deputies with the Sheriff's Office will conduct sobriety checkpoints this weekend in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration DUI Sustained Enforcement Program known as 'You Drink and Drive. You Lose.'

The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce injuries and to save lives.

Checkpoints will be set up on Friday, Nov. 4, 8 to 11 p.m., at North Dunedin Baptist Church, 1595 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, and on Saturday, Nov. 5, 12:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. at the Home Depot, 2495 Gulf to Bay, Clearwater.

Where: Friday, November 4th from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the North Dunedin Baptist Church located at 1595 Michigan Boulevard in Dunedin.

The goal of the DUI Sustained Enforcement Program is to mobilize every law enforcement agency in the state of Florida in a continuing effort to keep families safe from one of the greatest threats to our communities - the impaired driver."