Police Ramping Up Patrols, Sobriety Checks for Holiday Weekend

If you’re safe, abide by the law and use a healthy dose of common sense, you should have nothing to worry about driving home from grandma’s house this weekend.

But unfortunately, it’s the other guy sharing the road with you that you have to worry about. Time and time again, Maryland State Police troopers are witness to the fact that some idiots still choose to drink and drive.

To help keep drivers safe this holiday weekend, state troopers have already begun increased and directed patrols on Maryland highways, according to a press release.

“We take seriously the important and increased responsibility law enforcement has to protect our citizens while they are traveling or shopping during the holiday season,” Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Marcus L. Brown said in a relese. “Extra troopers, working in cooperation with local police agencies, will increase our ability to appropriately respond to the increase in unsafe drivers and criminal activity this time of year can bring.”

The increased coverage will include enhanced DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints in cooperation with local police departments, according to a release.

Additional troopers will be on overtime thanks to funding from grants through the Maryland Highway Safety Office and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.