The 20th annual Checkpoint Strikeforce DUI enforcement campaign has begun in Virginia.

As of August 20 and lasting through Labor Day weekend with the effort resuming throughout the 2021 winter holiday seasons.

Law enforcement across the Commonwealth will step up efforts to keep drunk drivers off the roads.

Last year during Labor Day weekend Troopers arrested 55 drunk drivers and processed over 14,000 people convicted of DUI in 2020.

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