In total, the checkpoint saw 434 vehicles pass through, 55 of which were diverted.
#OVICheckpoint #Results from checkpoint on 5/20 on Troy St. & S. Smithville Rd.
— Dayton Police Dept. (@DaytonPolice) May 23, 2022
Total Vehicles: 434
Vehicles diverted: 55
OVI Arrests: 1
Other Arrests: 7
No License/Suspended License Citations - 27
Seatbelt Citations: 3
Child Restraint Citations: 2
Other Citations: 5 pic.twitter.com/PzlJH1AHJn
Eight arrests were made, including one for driving while intoxicated. It is unclear what the other seven arrests were for.
Law enforcement at the checkpoint issued 37 citations. Of those, 27 were issued for driving with no license or a suspended license, three were issued for seatbelt violations, two were issued for child restraint violations, and five were “other citations.”
From Jan. 1 2018, to March 7, there have been 2,633 OVI-related crashes in Montgomery County, including 533 in Dayton. So far this year, there have been at least 199 OVI-related crashes in the county, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
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