ALBANY, NY — The New York State Police issued more than 8,900 tickets during a special traffic enforcement period over Memorial Day Weekend. During the campaign, which started on Friday, May 22, and ran through 3 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify and arrest impaired drivers. The initiative was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC).
During this enforcement period, State Troopers arrested 203 people for DWI, and investigated 457 crashes, which injured 11 people. State Police responded to two fatal crashes during the weekend.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted drivers speeding and aggressive drivers across the State, and issued a total of 8,907 tickets for a variety of vehicle and traffic violations. Â Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.
Speeding                 3,332
Distracted Driving    171
Seatbelt violations   420
Move Over Law       109
During last year’s Memorial Day enforcement State Police issued 13,693 tickets and arrested 225 people for DWI.
The results of the campaign broken down 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 | 13 | 178 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 502 |
| B | North Country | 11 | 144 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 567 |
| C | Southern Tier | 4 | 344 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 744 |
| D | Central NY | 16 | 436 | 31 | 68 | 5 | 1154 |
| E | Finger Lakes | 15 | 269 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 718 |
| F | Upper Hudson Valley | 40 | 273 | 25 | 132 | 15 | 1081 |
| G | Capital Region | 24 | 328 | 13 | 31 | 23 | 861 |
| K | Lower Hudson Valley | 34 | 620 | 10 | 39 | 20 | 1169 |
| L | Long Island | 14 | 166 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 586 |
| NYC | New York City | 3 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 472 |
| T | NYS Thruway | 29 | 532 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 1053 |