Crime & Safety

DUI Checkpoints Planned for Weekend

Area police departments are rolling out sobriety checkpoints and extra DUI patrols this weekend.

With all the events happening in and around Pittsburgh this weekend, area police departments want everyone to have fun—but they also want to keep everyone safe.

The South Hills Area DUI Task Force, which includes police departments from , , , Mt. Lebanon, Baldwin, South Fayette and Castle Shannon, will increase efforts to find impaired drivers. will have extra officers out Friday and Saturday nights with roving DUI patrols continuing through 4 a.m. Sunday.

The Pittsburgh police will be conducting DUI patrols and managing sobriety checkpoints throughout the City of Pittsburgh this weekend.

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The Pittsburgh DUI Task Force will have extra officers on patrol looking for impaired drivers over the weekend due to all the activities that are planned to take place in the city.

The city's annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade—which will be attended by Vice President Joe Biden—takes place Saturday, and the NCAA Basketball Tournament is this weekend as well.

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