Final Comments: It should be noted that if sobriety checkpoints are deemed
acceptable by statute, law enforcement, and, subsequently, corresponding
jurisdictional communities, will make a conscious choice about whether to employ
them as an impaired-driving countermeasure. Sobriety checkpoints are only one
tool, albeit an effective tool, that law enforcement and their associated communities
can utilize to address alcohol-impaired-driving problems in local areas. Saturation
and targeted patrols conducted by DWI or traffic units within local law enforcement
agencies, as well as general patrol officers, will continue to operate in addition to
any use of sobriety checkpoints