State police in Schuylkill County will be conducting DUI checkpoints on various county roads through Aug. 17, according to a release from the Frackville barracks.

Checkpoints started on July 25 and will continue for approximately a month.

A sobriety checkpoint is a traffic safety checkpoint wherein troopers systematically stop vehicles at selected locations to briefly observe drivers for articulable facts and/or behaviors normally associated with alcohol or drug impaired drivers.

The goal of the checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious crashes and to reduce the number of drivers driving under the influence on Pennsylvania highways.

State police said their organization is committed to maintaining a safe environment for the motoring public and the checkpoints are intended to achieve this goal.