CHP to conduct sobriety checkpoint in Sacramento County

(FOX40.COM) — The California Highway Patrol will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Sacramento County on the night of Friday, May 17.

The CHP has not said the precise location of the checkpoint but specified that it will be from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. within an unincorporated part of the county.

“The CHP’s goal is to ensure the safe passage of each and every motorist by targeting roads where there is a high frequency of impaired driving-related arrests and/or traffic crashes,” a statement from the agency reads.

The checkpoint is being organized through funds from a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.

In California, law enforcement agencies are required to send a public notice before sobriety checkpoints, but the precise location does not need to be released.