The Mahoning County OVI Task Force announced they plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint on County Road 18 Friday night.

According to a news release from the Task Force, the checkpoint will occur from 10 p.m. until midnight on the highway, also known as Mahoning Avenue which stretches through Milton, Jackson, and Austintown Townships.

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.