The St. Joseph Police Department along with the Northwest DWI Task Force will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in St. Joseph during the month of March.

Police released the information to warn motorists they may encounter a sobriety checkpoint in St. Joseph around that time.

“We appreciate the cooperation of motorists that find themselves passing through a checkpoint,” the released stated. “Our goal is to take impaired drivers off the roads making them safer. If you find yourself in a checkpoint please pay extra attention to the posted signs and the officer working to make your community safer.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration drunk driving kills more than 10,000 people every year. On average in 2012, one person was killed every 51 minutes in alcohol impaired driving crashes.

Police encourage the use of a designated driver or a taxi cab if you are going out. An exact day, time and location were not released. For more information contact: Officer Brad Kerns with the St. Joseph Police Department at 816-271-5359.