{"id":29366,"date":"2024-11-28T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=29366"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:53:57","slug":"state-police-conduct-dui-checkpoint-in-bel-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2024\/11\/28\/state-police-conduct-dui-checkpoint-in-bel-air\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Conduct DUI Checkpoint in Bel Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Harford County, Md.)\u00a0 On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack directed a sobriety checkpoint in an effort to enhance public safety on Maryland roadways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The checkpoint was held on MD Rt. 22 (Churchville Road) near the Bynum Run Park, Bel Air, MD. The operation was conducted from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Wednesday night into Thursday morning.\u00a0 Approximately 349 vehicles traveled through the checkpoint which was manned by Troopers from the Bel Air Barrack and JFK Highway Barrack, Deputies from the Harford County Sheriff\u2019s Office Traffic Safety Unit, as well as the Bel Air and Aberdeen Police Departments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the checkpoint, 6 motorists were stopped for additional field sobriety testing.\u00a0 Of these, 4 were arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The checkpoint was assisted by members of the State Highway Administration and witnessed by a representative from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland State Police remain dedicated to ensuring the safety of all drivers and passengers on our roads, especially during the holiday season. We encourage everyone to make responsible decisions and drive safely this holiday season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Harford County, Md.)\u00a0 On Wednesday, November 27, 2024, the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack directed a sobriety checkpoint in an effort to enhance public safety on Maryland roadways.\u00a0 The checkpoint was held on MD Rt. 22 (Churchville Road) near the Bynum Run Park, Bel Air, MD. The operation was conducted from 10:00 p.m. to<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2024\/11\/28\/state-police-conduct-dui-checkpoint-in-bel-air\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barracksd-bel-air"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29367,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29366\/revisions\/29367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}