University of Arizona basketball fans beware.
Beer and buckets don’t mix, especially on Friday.
The Tucson Police Department will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint somewhere within the city limits during the evening hours Friday.
The UA men’s basketball team, a 12-seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, faces No. 1-seed Louisville at 4:07 p.m. in a televised game that day in Indianapolis..
It is the first time since 2005 that UA has made it to the Sweet 16.
“Our goal is to reduce the number of collisions that involve impaired drivers and lower the injuries and deaths associated with these types of collisions,” Tucson Police Sgt. Tim Reese said in a press release.
“By conducting the checkpoint, we will be able to increase the awareness of motorists about the dangers of impaired driving, deter those who may be impaired from driving and detect and investigate DUI offenses at the checkpoint.”