SDHP announces sobriety checkpoints for January [Video]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The new year is not far away and the South Dakota Highway Patrol has already announced its sobriety checkpoints for the month of January.

The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and are designed to discourage people from driving impaired. A total of 17 South Dakota counties will have checkpoints conducted starting on the first day of the new year.

Below are the counties where the checkpoints will take place in January.

• Bennett
• Charles Mix
• Codington
• Davison
• Hutchinson
• Lake/Moody
• Lawrence
• Lincoln
• Meade
• Minnehaha
• Pennington
• Roberts
• Sanborn
• Spink
• Stanley
• Walworth
• Yankton

As people gather to celebrate the upcoming new year or any late Christmas celebrations, it’s not uncommon to toast with a few alcoholic beverages, but law enforcement wants the public to celebrate responsibly.

On Christmas day, the South Dakota Highway Patrol took to social mediato remind the public to drive sober …