Officers from the Pennsylvania State Police’s Lehighton and Stroudsurg barracks will be conducting DUI checkpoints on roads in Carbon and Monroe counties over the Memorial Day weekend period that begins May 24 and will continue through May 27.

The patrols are designed to reduce the number of impaired persons driving on local roads.

Police deter drivers who are drinking, using drugs or abusing prescription medication from getting behind the wheel of a vehicle and placing themselves and others at risk.