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Calvert Cops
Nab Two DWI Drivers in Checkpoint
CHESAPEAKE BEACH ---
The men and women
of the Maryland State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday evening
(March 24, 2006) on eastbound MD Rt. 260, Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, MD.
The sobriety checkpoint lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. During the checkpoint a
total of 400 motorists were contacted as they entered the sobriety checkpoint.
Of these, eight (8) motorists were directed to the roadside for further testing
and two (2) were found to be driving while impaired and arrested.
The personnel
within the Maryland State Police, Barrack “U”, and the Calvert County Sheriff’s
Office continue to do everything possible to make Calvert County’s roadways as
safe as possible. To reduce alcohol and drug related crashes on Calvert’s
roadways, the Maryland State Police and the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office will
continue to conduct sobriety checkpoints “anytime, anywhere”. Our numerous
highway safety partners (Maryland Highway’s Safety Office/State Highway
Administration, Calvert County Traffic Safety Council, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, State’s
Attorney’s Office, etc) encourage the use of sobriety checkpoints as well as
saturation patrols to reduce alcohol related crashes and to locate and apprehend
impaired drivers.
