Crime & Safety

Police Hunting for Drunken Drivers on Thursday

Checkpoints are on tap for the night.

The and Metro Traffic Services will be conducting  sobriety checkpoints in Vernon on Thursday. 

The checkpoints are scheduled to be be in operation from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. on Route 83, Route 74, Bolton Road and South Frontage Road, West Street, Route 31 and Route 30. 

The operations are being funded through a federal “Comprehensive DUI Enforcement Program” grant that is a regional effort to combat drunken driving through the use of checkpoints and roving patrols, police said.


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