Friday night’s checkpoints netted one OVI arrest and multiple citations and court summonses, police said.
Police agencies are required by state law to publicize the checkpoints ahead of time.
UPDATE @ 3:47 a.m. (May 27)
Kettering police made one OVI arrest and issued multiple citations in a moving OVI checkpoint Friday night and Saturday morning.
More than 350 cars passed through the checkpoints in the 3100 block of Woodman Drive and 2800 block of East Dorothy Lane.
Kettering police said two citations were issued for seat belt violations and one for expired registration.
Police also said the checkpoints resulted in one summons for open container of alcohol and another for possession of drugs.
Kettering police and the Montgomery County Combined Agency OVI Task Force teamed up for the sobriety check.
INITIAL REPORT (May 26)
Police are cracking down on drinking and driving this Memorial Day Weekend.
Kettering police officers on Friday will hold two OVI checkpoints and will return Saturday night for sobriety checkpoints to deter and intercept those operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
The moving checkpoint is scheduled from 9 to 11 p.m. in the north lanes in front of 3018 Woodman Drive and 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. in the west lanes in front of 2841 E. Dorothy Lane. These locations are where the highest number of OVI crashes happen in the city, police said.
“We’ll be bringing them into the checkpoint and checking for signs of impairment. Anything from slurred speech to the way their eyes are operating,” Kettering police Lt. Lee Sanders said.
Kettering police want drivers to know they’re watching, and will be out in full force this weekend.
“We want to make sure we’re encouraging people not to drink and drive, make sure they make good decisions,” Sanders said.
Woodman Drive had the most OVI crashes in 2016 in the city.
“If you’re feeling the effects of alcohol you’re likely too intoxicated to be driving,” Sanders said.
Memorial Day Weekend is the busiest road travel weekends in the country.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will nearly double its patrols.
“We want everyone to get from point A to point B safely,” Sgt. Matt Schmenk of the patrol’s Xenia Post said.
Extra patrols, and the patrol’s Click it or Ticket campaign to boost seat belt usage, are part of its effort to prevent deadly crashes.
“That’s the main mission for us,” Schmenk said.
The OVI checkpoints are funded by federal, state and local grants. Police agencies are required by state law to publicize the checkpoints ahead of time.
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