Eastern students can see their test results almost immediately Friday night.

The Charleston Police Department and Coles County Safe Communities Coalition are sponsoring a blood alcohol content test event where students can check their own breathalizer results.

Testing will be held in a tent on the corner of Fourth Street and Lincoln Avenue, in front of Positively Fourth Street Records starting before 1 a.m.

This is the third time the event has been held.

The event began to show students their alcohol levels compared to the legal limit, Jennifer Strockbine, coordinator for the communities coalition said last spring.

Charleston police officers and safe communities coalition volunteers will take readings and offer educational literature.

Underage drinkers are issued citations, as well as those who drive with a level above the legal limit.

Approximately 150 tests were taken during last September’s event, a majority of which returned multiple times to see how the level changed, Strockbine reported.

The CPD and communities coalition also offers child-passenger and bike safety programs through out the year. It is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

City editor Carly Mullady can be reached at [email protected].