{"id":824,"date":"2020-08-27T13:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madd.org\/virginia\/?p=824"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:36:13","slug":"virginia-launches-19th-annual-checkpoint-strikeforce-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/virginia-launches-19th-annual-checkpoint-strikeforce-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Launches 19th Annual Checkpoint Strikeforce Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"824\" class=\"elementor elementor-824\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-652a415 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"652a415\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56f0d6dc\" data-id=\"56f0d6dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fae9442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fae9442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aug. 26, 2020  RICHMOND\u2014Governor Ralph Northam today kicked off the Commonwealth\u2019s 19th annual Checkpoint Strikeforce enforcement and public education campaign to combat impaired driving and prevent alcohol-related injuries and fatalities on Virginia\u2019s roads. Modified to address safety and health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the period of increased enforcement will take place from August 26 through Labor Day weekend, and resume periodically around key holidays like Halloween, Thanksgiving, and New Year\u2019s Eve.<br>\u201cThis has been a challenging year, and now more than ever, we are all focused on keeping our loved ones safe,\u201d said Governor Northam. \u201cI am asking Virginians to apply the same collective action and shared responsibility that we have harnessed to stop the spread of COVID-19 to reverse the trends of drunk driving. The work of Checkpoint Strikeforce is a critical part of our efforts to reduce the number of fatalities on Virginia\u2019s roads, and the message is simple: if you are old enough to drink, act like it\u2014never get behind the wheel after you have been drinking.\u201d   <br>Read more at <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2020\/august\/headline-860091-en.html.\">https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2020\/august\/headline-860091-en.html. <\/a><br><\/p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/05\/Drive-Sober-or-Get-Pulled-Over-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/05\/Drive-Sober-or-Get-Pulled-Over-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/05\/Drive-Sober-or-Get-Pulled-Over-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/05\/Drive-Sober-or-Get-Pulled-Over-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 26, 2020 RICHMOND\u2014Governor Ralph Northam today kicked off the Commonwealth\u2019s 19th annual Checkpoint Strikeforce enforcement and public education campaign to combat impaired driving and prevent alcohol-related injuries and fatalities&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/virginia\/virginia-launches-19th-annual-checkpoint-strikeforce-campaign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virginia Launches 19th Annual Checkpoint Strikeforce Campaign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,45],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-checkpointstrikeforce","tag-drivesober","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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