Jones and Lyman counties in central South Dakota are two of the 14 counties where sobriety checkpoints are scheduled to be held this month (Aug. 2024).
The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from driving impaired. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by Highway Patrol troopers with the help of local law enforcement.
Officials remind drivers impaired driving is never a good idea regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county. People who have been drinking are urged to designate a sober driver or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.
Along with Jones and Lyman, the other counties where sobriety checkpoints are scheduled this month are Beadle, Brown, Codington, Fall River, Kingsbury, Lake, Minnehaha, Moody, Pennington, Roberts, Sanborn and Yankton.
Both the Office of Highway Safety and the Highway Patrol are agencies of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
