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State Police Issue More Than 7,700 Tickets Statewide During
Halloween Enforcement Period
Published: November 13, 2026
at 12:45 p.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
State Police Issue More Than 7,700 Tickets During
Halloween Enforcement Period
The New York
State Police today announced that it issued a total of 7,798 tickets
statewide during the Halloween traffic safety initiative.
The special
enforcement period began on Friday, October 30, and ran through Sunday,
November 1, 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 impaired and distracted drivers.
In total,
troopers arrested 243 people for DWI and investigated 694 crashes,
including two fatal crashes.
As part of the
enforcement, Troopers targeted underage drinking, speeding and aggressive
drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that
were issued.
Speeding
2,778
Distracted
Driving 178
Seat belt
violations
& Child
Restraint 304
Move Over
Law 152
During last
year’s Halloween enforcement, which ran from Friday, October 31, through
Sunday, November 2, 2025, the State Police issued 7,651 total tickets and
arrested 196 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
|
13
|
203
|
7
|
26
|
2
|
602
|
29
|
|
B
|
North Country
|
15
|
151
|
3
|
23
|
9
|
559
|
47
|
|
C
|
Southern Tier
|
20
|
299
|
3
|
29
|
21
|
672
|
43
|
|
D
|
Central NY
|
17
|
222
|
9
|
39
|
16
|
728
|
41
|
|
E
|
Finger Lakes
|
16
|
221
|
6
|
34
|
1
|
757
|
36
|
|
F
|
Western HV
|
33
|
254
|
8
|
23
|
12
|
714
|
52
|
|
G
|
Capital Region
|
29
|
214
|
24
|
18
|
4
|
641
|
62
|
|
K
|
Eastern HV
|
28
|
312
|
9
|
18
|
24
|
747
|
42
|
|
L
|
Long Island
|
28
|
217
|
34
|
19
|
4
|
654
|
30
|
|
NYC
|
New York City
|
4
|
24
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
149
|
9
|
|
T
|
NYS Thruway
|
40
|
661
|
71
|
72
|
59
|
1,575
|
46
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