OVI checkpoint announced in Trumbull County

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Howland Police department has announced today that an OVI checkpoint will be held on Friday night. 

The checkpoint will be on State Route 46 in Trumbull County from 8:30 pm to 1:00 am.  

According to the release, the authorities will also be conducting saturation patrols in the area. 

OSP and the Howland police department reminds people that if you plan on consuming alcohol make sure to make other travel arrangements. 

In 1990 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that holding sobriety checkpoints without first notifying drivers would violate the Constitution's provision barring illegal search and seizure.

In their ruling, however, the justices did not spell out what they considered to be an adequate notification.

That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published recommended procedures for OVI checkpoints which included notifying the media of the planned roadblocks.