Dayton police will run two sobriety checkpoints tonight, Friday, Oct. 30, on Keowee Street, according to the Dayton Police Department, as reported by WKEF.
The first checkpoint is at South Keowee Street and East Fifth Street, and the second is at North Keowee Street and Leo Street, according to the department’s announcement reported by WKEF. A checkpoint listing published Friday put both locations’ hours at 9:15 p.m. to midnight.
The checkpoints fall on one of the busiest nights of the fall in the Miami Valley: the Friday before Halloween, with high school football playoff openers across the region, costume parties and bars drawing late crowds, and trick-or-treat weekend events beginning. Sobriety checkpoints are announced in advance under Ohio practice so drivers can plan — and so the announcement itself deters impaired driving before anyone is stopped…