State Patrol Lisbon Post announces plans for OVI checkpoint
The Lisbon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced that troopers will operate an OVI checkpoint this week.
The patrol says the county where the checkpoint will take place will be announced the day prior to the checkpoint, and the location will be announced the morning of the checkpoint.
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.
However, in their ruling, the justices did not specify what they considered adequate notification.
That same year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published recommended procedures for OVI checkpoints, including notifying the media of the planned roadblocks.