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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Checkpoint on State Route 43 Saturday Evening

The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be looking for drunk drivers in Brimfield Aug. 25, 2012.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Saturday morning that it will conduct a drunken driving checkpoint in Brimfield with the help of the Brimfield Police Department.  The exact location is at mile post 9 in Brimfield from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers.  "If you plan to consume alcohol, designate a driver or make other travel arrangements before you drink. Don’t let another life be lost for the senseless and selfish act of getting behind the wheel impaired," according to a press release from the patrol. To follow along with how the checkpoint is going, 'Like' the Brimfield Police Department's Facebook page. The chief is known to leave comments …

Kent4Life

9:32 am on Monday, August 27, 2012

How about using the grant funds to bust these idiots making Meth!!!.......Well if you read kentpatch, and you were drinking and driving in brimfield, Cheers!...you my friend are a moron!   more ›

Friday, May 18, 2012

Caution: Drunken Driving Checkpoint Friday, Here's Where it's Happening

Find out where in Portage County police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight until Saturday morning.

Brimfield Township, OH — This morning, the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that a checkpoint will be set up on State Route 43 near milepost 9 in Brimfield Township. The checkpoint will be conducted from 10 p.m. tonight until 3 a.m. Saturday morning. The checkpoints are federally funded and local police departments assist in the operation. The purpose is to "deter and intercept impaired drivers," according to the OSHP. The last time a checkpoint was conducted in Brimfield, a total of 25 people were arrested on St. Patrick's Day.  "Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year and 7,507 injured in Ohio,” Lt. Nakia Hendrix, commander of the Ravenna Post, said. “State troopers…

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Troy McClure

3:26 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012

I believe they have to release this information to the media, as a result of some lawsuit/legal action a few years ago. Whether the media outlet wants to publish it is up to them. But, these things -- although announced -- still nab people.   more ›

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Sobriety Checkpoint Location on S.R. 59 Announced

The checkpoint will be set up from 10 p.m. April 14 until 2 a.m. April 15

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced the drunk driving checkpoint in Portage County April 14 will be set up on State Route 59 in Kent near milepost 3. The checkpoint, funded by federal grants, will be conducted with the help of the Kent Police Department from 10 p.m. Saturday April 14 until 2 a.m. Sunday April 15.  "The checkpoint will also be held in conjunction with nearby saturation patrols to aggressively combat alcohol-related injury and fatal crashes," according to a press release.  The most recent checkpoint in Brimfield on St. Patrick's Day nabbed 17 drunk drivers. 

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Kate Bigam

10:48 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The police are required by law to do it. I just don't like seeing media outlets & folks using social media to publicize these spots - it just makes it easier for drunks to avoid them & drive drunk elsewhere.   more ›

Friday, April 13, 2012

Ohio County Announced for Saturday Night Sobriety Checkpoint

The specific location of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning, the day of the operation.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced a drunk driving checkpoint will be set up in Portage County Saturday evening.  The exact location will be announced Saturday morning.  “Based on provisional data, there were 332 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 359 people were killed last year and 7,507 injured in Ohio,” Lt. Nakia Hendrix, commander of the Ravenna Post, said. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in combating these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving, but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.” The latest checkpoint was in Portage County in Brimfield on St. Patrick's Day. Officers arrested 17 for drunk driving.

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