OVI checkpoint on Route 46 in Austintown
AUSTINTOWN TWP., Ohio - The Mahoning County OVI Task Force has announced that Friday night's sobriety checkpoint is being conducted in Austintown.
A news release says the checkpoint is scheduled at 118 North Canfield Niles Road from 10 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023 to 2 a.m., Saturday, March 18, 2023.
That address is between Mahoning Avenue and Norquest Boulevard.
Saturation patrols will be spread out through the county this week as well.
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.
