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State Police Issue More than 11,000 Tickets During
Memorial Day Weekend Enforcement Period
Published: May 29, 2026 at
02:15 p.m.
By: Press Release
from New York State Police
State Police issue more than
11,000 tickets during Memorial Day Weekend enforcement period
The New York
State Police today announced that it issued a total of 11,104 tickets
statewide during the Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign.
The special
enforcement period began on Friday, May 22, 2026, and ran through Monday,
May 25, 2026.
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
211 people for DWI and investigated 693 crashes, with four 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
3,116
Distracted
Driving 338
Seatbelt
violations 1,742
Move Over
Law 249
During last
year’s Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign, the State Police issued
12,062 total tickets and arrested 245 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)
|
Total
Penal Law Arrests
|
|
A
|
Western
NY
|
6
|
225
|
28
|
206
|
8
|
1067
|
25
|
|
B
|
North
Country
|
11
|
357
|
21
|
134
|
61
|
1151
|
47
|
|
C
|
Southern
Tier
|
12
|
254
|
24
|
195
|
52
|
894
|
32
|
|
D
|
Central
NY
|
35
|
258
|
30
|
152
|
4
|
1121
|
87
|
|
E
|
Finger
Lakes
|
12
|
294
|
16
|
263
|
9
|
1215
|
34
|
|
F
|
Western
HV
|
37
|
242
|
49
|
115
|
14
|
896
|
82
|
|
G
|
Capital
Region
|
20
|
295
|
39
|
128
|
19
|
951
|
67
|
|
K
|
Eastern
HV
|
22
|
417
|
31
|
148
|
21
|
1216
|
35
|
|
L
|
Long
Island
|
20
|
149
|
23
|
81
|
5
|
580
|
22
|
|
NYC
|
New York
City
|
7
|
47
|
24
|
12
|
0
|
332
|
9
|
|
T
|
NYS
Thruway
|
29
|
578
|
53
|
308
|
56
|
1681
|
34
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