South Dakota law enforcement agencies will conduct sobriety checkpoints in 17 different counties this month (Nov.).
In central South Dakota, there will be checkpoints in Brule, Jones and Walworth counties. Other counties where they will be held are Bennett, Codington, Davison, Hanson, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Meade, Moody, Pennington, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink and Yankton.
The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from driving impaired. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement.
Officials remind drivers that impaired driving is never a good idea regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county. People who have been drinking are urged to designate a sober driver or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.
Both the Office of Highway Safety and the Highway Patrol are agencies of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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