Maryland State Police Focused On One Thing Memorial Day Weekend

MARYLAND — Troopers will be out looking for speeders and impaired drivers on roads across Maryland for Memorial Day weekend. Maryland State Police is pulling officers who don't normally conduct traffic patrols to focus on the roads, at all 23 barracks.

“Our priority is to do all we can to ensure the safety of each person traveling on Maryland roads throughout this holiday weekend,” Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow Jones III said.

"Commanders will be deploying troopers to those areas where speeding complaints are most frequent and where crashes and impaired driving arrests have been the highest," Jones said.

To measure speed, troopers will use laser devices as well as unmarked patrol cars, police reported.

There is one way to avoid getting on their radar.

"Don’t drive impaired or aggressively," Jones said. "Obey the speed limit and always buckle up."

Said Jones: "I encourage each driver traveling this weekend to make traffic safety their most important concern when they are behind the wheel."