San Juan County Sheriff's Office to Conduct March 2026 Countywide DWI Checkpoints

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office will conduct DWI (driving while intoxicated) checkpoints at locations across San Juan County during March 2026, the office said in a media advisory issued March 3, 2026. The advisory announces countywide checkpoints but does not list specific towns, road names, dates, or times.

The advisory states the checkpoints will be carried out in partnership with other law enforcement agencies. An Instagram post reiterated the partnership, saying, "Juan County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, will be conducting DWI checkpoints during March 2026," using the shorter agency name in the social post.

A Facebook post about the operation listed the checkpoints' intent but is truncated in the excerpt provided: "These checkpoints, as all checkpoints, are designed to identify and apprehend drunk drivers and to make" — the remainder of that sentence was not included in the material supplied. The explicit purpose confirmed by the Facebook fragment is identifying and apprehending impaired drivers.

The advisory and social posts together confirm the timeframe and a multi-agency approach, but they leave several operational details unreported. The media advisory excerpt and the social posts do not name partner agencies, provide exact checkpoint locations or schedules, indicate how many checkpoints are planned, state whether checkpoints will be stationary or mobile, or supply contact information for the Sheriff’s Office public information officer.

There is a naming discrepancy between sources: the Original Report and key facts use "San Juan County Sheriff’s Office," while the Instagram excerpt uses "Juan County Sheriff's Office" without "San." That omission appears in the provided Instagram text; the advisory excerpt itself uses the full agency name.

The only dated document provided in the material is the media advisory issued March 3, 2026. All sources consistently place checkpoint activity during March 2026. Until the Sheriff’s Office releases the full advisory text or a detailed schedule, specific locations, partner agency names, and operational procedures for the checkpoints remain unreported. The March advisory is the official notice currently available to the public.