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State Police Issue Nearly 13,000 Tickets Statewide
During July 4th Enforcement Campaign
Published: July 07, 2023 at
12:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
New York State
Police issue nearly 13,000 tickets during July 4th enforcement period
07 July 2023
NEW YORK STATE
POLICE
Steven A. Nigrelli
Acting Superintendent
Deanna Cohen
Assistant Director of Public Information
(518) 457-2180
PRESS RELEASE
The New York
State Police today announced that it issued a total of 12,991 tickets
statewide during the 4th of July STOP-DWI enforcement
campaign.
The special
enforcement period began on Friday, June 30, 2023, and ended on Wednesday,
July 5, 2023.
During the
campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee,
State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and
ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.
Troopers arrested
193 people for DWI and investigated 949 crashes, including 158 personal
injury crashes and five fatalities.
As part of the
enforcement, Troopers also targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across
the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.
Speeding
4,671
Distracted
Driving 322
Seatbelt
violations 1,030
Move Over
Law 162
During last
year’s 4th of July enforcement campaign, which ran from
Friday, July 1, 2022, through Tuesday, July 5, 2022, one day less than this
year’s campaign, the State Police issued 12,160 total tickets and arrested
197 people for DWI.
Below is a
breakdown of violations by troop:
|
Troop
|
Region
|
Speed
|
DWI Arrests
(# of persons)
|
Distracted
Driving
|
Child
Restraint/
Seat Belt
|
Move Over
|
Total
Tickets
(includes other violations)
|
|
A
|
Western NY
|
331
|
17
|
19
|
72
|
5
|
1,042
|
|
B
|
North Country
|
251
|
7
|
6
|
34
|
17
|
870
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
497
|
9
|
17
|
110
|
21
|
1,095
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
524
|
23
|
39
|
165
|
9
|
1,599
|
|
E
|
Finger Lakes
|
433
|
21
|
19
|
109
|
12
|
1,422
|
|
F
|
Upper Hudson
Valley
|
358
|
31
|
31
|
96
|
20
|
1,019
|
|
G
|
Capital Region
|
333
|
15
|
17
|
98
|
14
|
935
|
|
K
|
Lower Hudson
Valley
|
653
|
32
|
44
|
104
|
33
|
1,371
|
|
L
|
Long Island
|
267
|
23
|
64
|
70
|
1
|
983
|
|
NYC
|
New York City
|
120
|
7
|
24
|
29
|
1
|
709
|
|
T
|
NYS Thruway
|
904
|
8
|
42
|
143
|
29
|
1,946
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