MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - The Mahoning County OVI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in Mahoning County on Friday, July 26.

Specific details of the checkpoint including the time and location will be announced later. 

Additionally, saturation patrols will be conducted throughout Mahoning County by various law enforcement agencies throughout the weekend in order to intercept impaired drivers.

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 specify 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.