|
State Police Issue Over 10,000 Tickets Statewide During
Columbus Day Weekend Enforcement Period
Published: October 16, 2026
at 12:00 p.m.
By: Press Release
from New York State Police
State Police Issue Over 10,000 Tickets During
Columbus Day Weekend Enforcement Period
The New York
State Police today announced that it issued a total of 10,803 tickets
statewide during the Columbus Day Weekend enforcement campaign.
The special
enforcement period began on Friday, October 9, 2026, and ran through
Monday, October 12, 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
200 people for DWI and investigated 768 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
4,605
Distracted
Driving 274
Seat Belt and
Child Restraint
Violations 430
Move Over
Law 225
During last
year’s Columbus Day weekend enforcement campaign, State Police issued
13,825 tickets and arrested 191 people for DWI. The 2025 campaign lasted
five days, one day longer than this year’s initiative, running from
Thursday, October 9, through Monday, October 13, 2025.
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
|
333
|
23
|
32
|
9
|
935
|
35
|
|
B
|
North Country
|
11
|
189
|
8
|
16
|
30
|
606
|
36
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
10
|
303
|
6
|
21
|
29
|
721
|
25
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
16
|
444
|
20
|
42
|
19
|
1,134
|
55
|
|
E
|
Finger Lakes
|
15
|
541
|
6
|
80
|
7
|
1,259
|
51
|
|
F
|
Western Hudson
Valley
|
39
|
567
|
48
|
53
|
14
|
1,252
|
70
|
|
G
|
Capital Region
|
23
|
256
|
14
|
29
|
20
|
785
|
49
|
|
K
|
Eastern HV
|
19
|
526
|
25
|
56
|
33
|
1,123
|
27
|
|
L
|
Long Island
|
22
|
403
|
38
|
24
|
15
|
867
|
25
|
|
NYC
|
New York City
|
2
|
45
|
7
|
2
|
0
|
231
|
15
|
|
T
|
NYS Thruway
|
37
|
998
|
79
|
75
|
49
|
1,890
|
40
|
|
