DUI Checkpoint In Brook Park Friday

BROOK PARK, OH — Drivers heading through Brook Park on Friday night can expect to run into a DUI checkpoint. The Brook Park Police Department announced on Facebook that it would conduct a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in the city during Friday evening.

The official location of the checkpoint will be announced Friday morning. The department said in its social media statement that the checkpoint will be funded by federal grant money and is intended to deter drunk driving.

According to Patrolman George Kosakowski of Brook Park Police, there were 530 OVI-related crashes in 2017, so far, and nine people have been killed as a result. (To stay up to date on local stories, subscribe to the Patch Berea-Middleburg Heights newsletter. As news breaks and the story develops, you will be the first to receive updates from Patch.)

"Officers respond to an average 130 alcohol related incidents each year. Alcohol related crashes account for 37% of all traffic deaths each year in Ohio. Ohio law also prohibits the operation of motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and illegal drugs," Kosakowski said in the statement.

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