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State Police Issue More Than 12,000 Tickets Statewide
During Memorial Day Weekend Enforcement Period
Published: May 28, 2025 at
12:30 p.m.
By: Press Release
from New York State Police
State Police issue more than
12,000 tickets during Memorial Day Weekend enforcement period
The New York State Police today announced that it issued a
total of 12,062 tickets statewide during the Memorial Day Weekend
enforcement campaign.
The special enforcement period began on Friday, May 23, 2025,
and ran through Monday, May 26, 2025.
During the campaign, which was partially 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 245 people for DWI and investigated 774
crashes, with three fatal crashes reported.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers targeted speeding and
aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total
tickets that were issued.
Speeding
3,472
Distracted Driving 393
Seatbelt violations 1,660
Move Over Law
225
During last year’s Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign,
which ran from Friday, May 24, 2024, through Monday, May 27, 2024, the
State Police issued 10,949 total tickets and arrested 225 people for DWI.
Below is a breakdown of violations by troop:
|
Troop
|
Region
|
DWI Arrests
(# of persons)
|
Speed
|
Distracted Driving
|
Child Restraint
& Seat Belt
|
Move Over
|
Total
Tickets
(includes other
violations)
|
|
A
|
Western NY
|
12
|
241
|
40
|
164
|
2
|
1032
|
|
B
|
North Country
|
10
|
351
|
11
|
84
|
41
|
1144
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
15
|
299
|
26
|
126
|
31
|
936
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
17
|
233
|
39
|
110
|
8
|
996
|
|
E
|
Finger Lakes
|
24
|
291
|
22
|
176
|
19
|
1175
|
|
F
|
Western HV
|
41
|
329
|
40
|
231
|
18
|
1253
|
|
G
|
Capital Region
|
23
|
312
|
30
|
166
|
21
|
1078
|
|
K
|
Eastern HV
|
34
|
462
|
27
|
112
|
24
|
1233
|
|
L
|
Long Island
|
24
|
169
|
40
|
59
|
6
|
587
|
|
NYC
|
New York City
|
1
|
85
|
12
|
24
|
2
|
500
|
|
T
|
NYS Thruway
|
44
|
700
|
106
|
408
|
53
|
2128
|
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