MANHATTAN, KAN. – On Friday, August 31, 2018, the Riley County Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint. This checkpoint will be located in Manhattan and will focus on an area with a historically high volume of DUI traffic. The checkpoint is scheduled to run into the early morning hours of Sunday, September 1.
The purpose of this program is to detect and deter impaired driving. Motorists suspected of impairment will be a given on-site sobriety tests. Confirmed impaired drivers will be arrested. Efforts will be made to not severely interrupt traffic flow, but several motorists will be stopped briefly as part of this checkpoint.
Funding for the DUI checkpoint is being provided by the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Project.