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The Kansas Highway Patrol and Labette County Sheriff's Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on 4/04/2025.

A sobriety checkpoint, intended to remove impaired drivers, will be set up in Labette County.  "The purpose of these checkpoints," said Technical Trooper Gary Boles, "is to decrease traffic crashes through awareness and enforcement."

Sobriety checkpoints are aimed at reducing collision rates by identifying impaired drivers. The goal of this checkpoint is to encourage compliance with the alcohol related statutes of this state, by removing drivers from Kansas roadways that are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Annually about 11,000 persons are killed in alcohol related traffic crashes, averaging one alcohol related fatality every 39 minutes.  These deaths constitute approximately 32% of the total traffic fatalities.

Traffic related deaths are the greatest single cause of death for children ages 0 to 19 years of age.

The proportion of fatal crashes that are alcohol related is about three times greater at night than during the day.

We appreciate the patience and cooperation from all citizens involved with the checkpoint.