21 sobriety checkpoints being held in 16 South Dakota counties this month

South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety plans to hold 21 sobriety checkpoints in 16 different counties this month.

Counties where checkpoints are scheduled are: Brule, Stanley, Beadle, Brown, Codington, Custer, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Meade, Pennington, Roberts and Yankton.

Monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving. 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.

Both the Office of Highway Safety and the Highway Patrol are part of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.