Columbus to start checkpoints to nab drunken drivers

COLUMBUS (AP) — For the first time, police in Ohio’s largest city plan to set up checkpoints to catch drunken drivers.

Columbus Police Chief Walter Distelzweig says sobriety checks don’t necessarily result in many arrests, but they’re important for educating people who may be tempted to drink and then get behind the wheel.

He says the roadblocks could begin appearing as early as next month.

Distelzweig was apointed chief in March. He says the department in the past had constitutional concerns with checkpoints, but he says he received clearance from both the city’s safety director and a legal adviser.