NEW YORK – The New York State Police have announced that they will increase patrols to crack down on drunk and drugged driving along with other traffic infractions over the Fourth of July holiday.

State Troopers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and target reckless and aggressive driving statewide in an effort to keep New York highways safe during one of the busiest summer holidays for travel.

The STOP-DWI and drugged driving crackdown will begin on Saturday, June 29, 2019 and run through Friday, July 5, 2019.

New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett said, “Troopers will be out in force this holiday weekend and will be on the lookout for impaired, distracted and reckless motorists who put others in danger. Our message is simple. Don’t drink and drive.”

“Help prevent senseless tragedies caused by impaired driving, stay safe, and don’t make a fatal decision that costs your life or someone else’s.”

Last year, the State Police issued nearly 10,500 vehicle and traffic tickets during the 4th of July weekend. Troopers arrested 216 people for DWI and investigated 165 crashes, which resulted in four fatalities and 244 injuries.