Trumbull County OVI Task Force has announced the location of an OVI checkpoint Friday evening.

The Task Force revealed that the checkpoint will be conducted at 6091 Tod Avenue SW, just north of the Lordstown School complex from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.

The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers

In 1990 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that holding sobriety checkpoints without first notifying drivers would violate the Constitution's provision barring illegal search and seizure.

In their ruling, however, the justices did not spell out what they considered to be an adequate notification.

That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published recommended procedures for OVI checkpoints which included notifying the media of the planned roadblocks.