{"id":6724,"date":"2021-08-19T05:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2021-08-19T05:26:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:26:38","slug":"state-police-will-host-dwi-checkpoint-in-toms-river-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2021\/08\/state-police-will-host-dwi-checkpoint-in-toms-river-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Will Host DWI Checkpoint in Toms River Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_171\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" width=\"756\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png 756w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-599x420.png 599w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-640x449.png 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM-681x477.png 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New Jersey State Police have announced that they will host a sobriety checkpoint in town Saturday night as part of an effort &#8220;<span class=\"\">to make our roads safer and reduce crashes attributed to driving while under the influence<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The specific location of the Aug. 21 checkpoint was not divulged. Police, however, did share some tips on what to expect this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">&#8220;Troopers will be looking for signs of impairment due to alcohol or drugs,&#8221; the announcement said. &#8220;If you plan on drinking, have a designated driver, arrange for transportation, or stay where you are. It is not worth the risk of hurting or killing yourself, a friend, a loved one, or innocent motorist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also said that if you see someone you believe is posing a hazard because of poor driving behaviors, dial #77 from a hands-free mobile device to contact the aggressive driver tip line and make a report. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">&#8220;Be ready to give a description of the vehicle and occupants, a location and direction, and a license plate if possible,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2021\/08\/state-police-will-host-dwi-checkpoint-in-toms-river-saturday\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey State Police have announced that they will host a sobriety checkpoint in town Saturday night as part of an effort &#8220;to make our roads safer and reduce crashes attributed to driving while under the influence.&#8221; The specific location of the Aug. 21 checkpoint was not divulged. Police, however, did share some tips on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[1283,11],"class_list":["post-6724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-police-fire-courts","tag-dwi-checkpoint","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-10-26-at-3.09.49-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}