MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) The South Dakota Highway Patrol announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 17 different counties in September. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Clay, Codington, Custer, Day, Edmunds, Fall River, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Mellette, Minnehaha, Spink, and Stanley.
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 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.