(Willow Springs) – Highway Patrol Troop G has announced that a DWI saturation will be held in Texas County sometime in the month of July. Also, a sobriety checkpoint will be conducted in Howell County sometime in the month of July. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, in cooperation with area law enforcement, will conduct the checkpoint.
Sobriety checkpoints and DWI saturations are part of the Patrol’s efforts to remove careless and intoxicated drivers from Missouri’s highways. These enforcement operations are conducted at various locations which have been found to experience a higher than normal number of alcohol-related contacts, hazardous driving contacts, and traffic crashes.