HdG Police Participate in Anti-DUI Campaign

Before Super Bowl Sunday, Havre de Grace police will join area law enforcement agencies this weekend to get citizens revved up about staying safe and sober on Maryland roads.

The Havre de Grace Police Department and 10 other departments will announce the “40 on 40” program.

Essentially, there will be 40 officers posted along the Route 40 corridor from Howard to Cecil counties, aiming to take impaired drivers off the road each night from Friday to Sunday, according to a statement from Checkpoint Strikeforce, a multi-state effort to curb impaired driving.

Baltimore and Harford counties will hold DUI checkpoints in addition to increased patrols over Super Bowl weekend, according to the statement.

The following agencies will be represented at a press conference Friday announcing the “40 on 40” patrol:

• Maryland State Police
• Maryland Transportation Authority Police
• Aberdeen Police Department
• Baltimore Police Department
• Baltimore County Police Department
• Bel Air Police Department
• Cecil County Sheriff’s Office
• Elkton Police Department
• Harford County Sheriff’s Office
• Havre De Grace Police Department
• Howard County Police Department.

In addition, the wife of an officer hit by a drunk driver in Howard County last year—Éva O’Croinin—will be in attendance. Her husband, Officer Mike Marino, has recovered from his injuries and will be among those patrolling during the 40 on 40 operation.

The initiative is supported by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which selected Maryland and this stretch of highway based on crash data from the past several years, according to police. The data was not immediately available.

After the 7 p.m. Friday press conference at the Golden Ring Barrack to announce the weekend campaign, police will deploy along the Route 40 corridor.

Still from Washington Regional Alcohol Program/YouTube.