Sobriety checkpoint planned for Cleveland Sunday: Here's where

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CLEVELAND (WJW) — A sobriety checkpoint, where officials look for impaired drivers, is planned for downtown Cleveland Sunday evening, the Cleveland Division of Police said in a statement.

The checkpoint is being set up near East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The Supreme Court upheld the use of sobriety checkpoints, which are funded by a federal grant, back in 1990. However, certain protocols must be followed, including announcing the checkpoint to the public beforehand.

“Based on provisional data from the past three years, there have been 30 OVI related crashes within a three-mile radius of the checkpoint as well as 92 OVI arrests made,” OSHP’s Lieutenant Shaun Robinson recently explained in a statement.

Authorities continue to urge people to find a designated driver or other sources of transportation if choosing to imbibe.

“Don’t let another life be lost for the senseless and selfish act of getting behind the wheel impaired,” Newburgh Heights police recently said in a statement regarding sobriety checkpoints in their city.

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Laura Morrison

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