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Checkpoints held at Virginia's borders
CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Law enforcement officials say Labor Day weekend is one of the deadliest holidays on the road when it comes to impaired driving. Across the Commonwealth, police set up two dozen checkpoints to make sure drivers are safe and sober.
Officers teamed up with officials in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia for the thirteenth annual border-to-border checkpoint with the hope of establishing a message for holiday travelers.
Officers out in full force ahead of holiday weekend
PRINCETON — Checking for driving under the influence and other violations started before the Labor Day rush Thursday as multiple law enforcement agencies conducted border to border traffic checks in Mercer, Tazewell, Giles, Bland and other counties of southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
Border checkpoint nets 83 infractions
Authorities write 33 speeding violations
Virginia and North Carolina law enforcement ticketed motorists for 88 offenses Thursday during the 13th Border to Border checkpoint on U.S. Highway 17. Camden County Sheriff’s Major Jon Worthington said the 88 offenses included a fugitive sailor charged with absence without leave and a separate individual charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana after officials found two ounces of marijuana in his possession.
Checkpoints will make sure you buckle up and drive safely
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, the eve of the Labor Day weekend, the Chesapeake Police Department and North Carolina law enforcement are teaming up to man Border to Border checkpoints locally for the 13th consecutive year, said Chesapeake police spokeswoman Dorienne M. Boykin.
Patrick County Sheriff's Deputies plan effort at border
The Patrick County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, N.C. Highway Patrol and Stokes County Sheriff’s Office will work together this year at the state lines, Stone said. N.C. 103 is the main crossing point between Surry and Patrick counties. |
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Border
to Border 2008
 Celebrating twelve years as part of Virginia’s Smart, Safe & Sober Partnership to make our highways safe, law enforcement agencies from Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina met at their state borders with Virginia law enforcement officers to check traffic prior to the Labor Day weekend. Seventeen locations were slated to check traffic for this project but some locations were canceled because of rain.
The focus of the checking details that were held Thursday, August 28th, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., was on seat belts, child restraints, equipment violations, speeding and driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Counties that were able to hold checkpoints at their border with their neighboring state were Lee, Pittsylvania, Grayson, Patrick, Buchanan, Wise, Accomack, Henry, Carroll and Chesapeake.
Locations unable to complete the project checkpoints were King George, Bland, Alleghany, Bath, Rockingham and Giles.
Officers trained to assist with the proper installation of child safety seats were available at most of the locations to assist parents or care providers with proper child safety seat installations. Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officers were also at
many of the locations and checked large trucks for authority to operate, overweight and overall safety equipment violations.
Needless to say, with the rain lowering their numbers and checking locations at our borders around Virginia officers were still able to make contact with hundreds of drivers and their occupants during this project concerning highway safety issues prior to the upcoming holiday weekend. These officers, concerned with the high volume of traffic and preventable injuries and deaths during the Labor Day weekend came together with our bordering states police offices in this high profile manner to remind motorist to drive safe, smart and sober and obey the laws.
Reported information from the agencies participating indicates that 168 police officers from 39 different agencies from Virginia and our bordering states participated issuing 268 traffic violations and making one criminal arrest. Officers also issued 27 adult seat belt tickets and found 5 child safety seat violations.
The following summons and arrests were reported
for this year's Border to Border:
- Officers participating: 168
- Agencies participating: 39
- Adult seat belt citations: 27
- Child safety seat violations: 5
- Traffic violation citations issued: 268
- Criminal arrests: 1
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