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State Police Issue More Than 8,500 Tickets Statewide During
Labor Day Weekend DWI Crackdown
Published: September 09, 2023
at 10:30 a.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
State Police
Issue more than 8,500 Tickets during Labor Day Weekend DWI Crackdown
08 September 2023
NEW YORK STATE
POLICE
Major Vincent T. Lightcap
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
New York State
Police issued 8,762 tickets and arrested 154 people for DWI during this
year’s Labor Day weekend DWI enforcement period. The initiative, which
targeted impaired and reckless drivers, began on Friday, September 1, 2023,
and continued through the Labor Day holiday, Monday, September 4, 2023.
During the
campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the
New York State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints
to deter, identify, and arrest impaired drivers. In addition to the DWI
checkpoints and patrols, Troopers were also watching for distracted
drivers, vehicle occupants who were not properly buckled up, and drivers
who were violating the Move Over Law.
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 during
this period:
Speeding
3,407
Distracted
Driving 203
Seatbelt
violations 383
Move Over
Law 126
Troopers used
both marked State Police vehicles and Concealed Identity Traffic
Enforcement (CITE) vehicles as part of this crackdown in
order to more easily identify motorists who are violating the law.
CITE vehicles allow the Trooper to better observe driving violations.
These vehicles blend in with everyday traffic but are unmistakable as
emergency vehicles once the emergency lighting is activated.
Over the 2022
Labor Day weekend, which ran from September 2, 2022, to September 5, 2022,
Troopers arrested 208 people for DWI and investigated 139 personal injury
crashes, including three fatalities, and issued 9,748 tickets.
Here are the
results of the 2023 campaign broken down by Troop:
|
Troop
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Region
|
DWI Arrests
(# of persons)
|
Speed
|
Distracted
Driving
|
Child
Restraint/
Seat Belt
|
Move Over
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Total
Tickets
(Includes other
violations)
|
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A
|
Western NY
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5
|
272
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11
|
23
|
3
|
707
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B
|
North Country
|
6
|
232
|
8
|
22
|
30
|
695
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
14
|
428
|
7
|
50
|
28
|
891
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
20
|
238
|
12
|
50
|
9
|
907
|
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E
|
Finger Lakes
|
14
|
275
|
9
|
51
|
8
|
817
|
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F
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Upper Hudson
Valley
|
28
|
280
|
27
|
29
|
4
|
694
|
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G
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Capital Region
|
10
|
206
|
9
|
6
|
15
|
515
|
|
K
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Lower Hudson
Valley
|
29
|
601
|
55
|
67
|
9
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1,291
|
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L
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Long Island
|
18
|
165
|
32
|
12
|
3
|
572
|
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NYC
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New York City
|
3
|
82
|
12
|
17
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1
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427
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T
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NYS Thruway
|
7
|
628
|
21
|
56
|
16
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1,246
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