The checkpoint will operate from 9 p.m. to midnight by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Xenia police, the patrol announced today.
The checkpoint will be held in conjunction with “nearby saturation patrols,” according to the release.
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The effort is aimed at deterring and intercepting impaired drivers.
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"Based on provisional data, there were 392 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 430 people were killed last year in Ohio," Lt. Matt Schmenk, commander of the OSP Xenia Post, said in a prepared statement. "State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways."
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