Location announced for Friday night OVI checkpoint in Mahoning County

The Mahoning County OVI Task Force announced that they plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night.

The checkpoint will be held on Route 224 in Boardman near the E. Golf Hike and Bike Trail lot from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Area law enforcement agencies are also taking part in saturation patrols this weekend.

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.

However, in their ruling, the justices did not spell out what they considered to be adequate notification.

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

If you plan on drinking, be sure to have someone sober available to drive you home.