
Sheriff’s Lieutenant Joy Mullins said deputies will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and extra patrols for traffic enforcement in the next week.
Specifically, checkpoints are scheduled for Friday, June 24th, on Highway 180 or the Silver City Highway at mile marker 164 near the Mimbres River crossing, and on Thursday, June 30th, at Rockhound Road and State Road 11 or the Columbus Highway.
Law enforcement officers continue to remind drivers to watch their speed, properly buckle themselves and their children, never text while driving or otherwise drive distracted, and never drive impaired.