South Dakota Highway Patrol announces November sobriety checkpoints

(Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Highway Patrol announced that sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 15 counties throughout November.

The counties that will have sobriety checkpoints include:

• Beadle
• Brule
• Codington
• Custer
• Edmunds
• Hanson
• Hughes
• Jones
• Lawrence
• Lincoln
• Minnehaha
• Moody
• Pennington
• Roberts
• Union

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.

Sobriety checkpoints aim to discourage drinking and driving.

Individuals who have consumed alcohol are encouraged to find a sober driver or use an alternative form of transportation.

Officials remind drivers not to drink and drive, regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county.