The Barstow Police Department will team up with the California Highway Patrol to hold a sobriety checkpoint in the Barstow area this weekend, law enforcement officials said.
The checkpoint is scheduled to take place from 8 pm. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location in the Barstow area, according to the CHP.
“Several local residents and visitors to our local communities are needlessly injured or killed as a result of drunk driving related accidents,” the agency said in a written statement. “A sobriety checkpoint is an effective and proven method to remove drunk drivers from local highways. They also help raise public awareness of this important driving safety issue while augmenting regular patrol operations.”…