DPS Announces Sobriety Checkpoints for June

FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a... — FILE - In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, a car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M. A prestigious scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate the &ldquo;entirely preventable&rdquo; 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) (KFYR)

By Talgat Almanov

Published: Jun. 1, 2022 at 11:58 AM CDT

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Department of Public Safety announced sobriety checkpoints for June in 15 counties statewide such as Brookings, Clay, Codington, Davidson, Day, Edmunds, Jackson, Jerauld, Lawrence, Lincoln, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington, Spink, and Walworth.

According to the DPS, checkpoints are designed to encourage people not to drink and drive safely. Officials remind drivers not to drink and drive regardless of whether there is a checkpoint.

People who have been drinking are urged not to drive or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.

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