Crime & Safety
Nashville Sobriety Checkpoint Planned For Cinco De Mayo
Metro Police will run a sobriety checkpoint in West Nashville Saturday night.
NASHVILLE, TN -- Saturday could be a heavy day of revelry, even by Nashville standards. With the Kentucky Derby on in the afternoon and the Predators playing a playoff game with an 8:30 p.m. start, Cinco De Mayo could be raucous indeed.
Warning then to drivers heading west Saturday night, as Metro Police will be operating a sobriety checkpoint on Charlotte Avenue just east of White Bridge Road.
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MNPD DUI Unit officers will staff the checkpoint, funded via a state grant. Additional officers will patrol throughout the city, keeping watch for impaired drivers.
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