Drunk Driving Crackdown Begins: Here Are The 132 Towns Participating

NEW JERSEY — As law enforcement officials prepare for their year-end crackdown on impaired driving, state traffic safety officials have announced more than $795,000 in grant funding that will be distributed among 132 police agencies in New Jersey.

On Friday, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS) announced the kickoff of the annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Year-End Holiday Campaign. The effort, running through Jan. 1, is aimed at reducing the potential for fatal and serious accidents on New Jersey roads by heightening awareness about impaired driving.

Last year, 69 people died in crashes involving an impaired driver between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, officials said.

The extra financial boost ($795,340 in total) will help police to conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, officials said.

Platkin said the additional funds "will bolster enforcement efforts from our law enforcement partners to make our roads safer, safeguard families, and ensure everyone gets to celebrate the holidays surrounded by their loved ones."

There were no police agencies in Salem or Warren counties that received grant money for the year-end crackdown this year.

Here are the police departments who received money for the impaired driving crackdown:

Atlantic County

• Absecon $3,920
• Atlantic City $8,750
• Brigantine $2,800
• Egg Harbor $8,750
• Galloway $8,750
• Hamilton $2,800
• Hammonton $3,920
• Linwood $2,800
• Longport $2,240
• Northfield $2,800
• Pleasantville $2,800
• Ventnor $7,000

Bergen County

• Bergenfield $7,000
• Cliffside Park $7,000
• Edgewater $7,000
• Elmwood Park $7,000
• Englewood $7,000
• Fairview $7,000
• Franklin Lakes $7,000
• Garfield $7,000
• Leonia $7,000
• Lyndhurst $7,000
• Montvale $7,000
• New Milford $7,000
• Palisades Park $7,000
• Woodcliff Lake $7,000

Burlington County

• Evesham $8,750
• Pemberton Borough $7,000
• Pemberton Township $8,750
• Westampton $7,000

Camden County

• Delaware River Port Authority $7,000
• Gloucester Township $12,250
• Stratford $7,000
• Voorhees $7,000

Cape May County

• Lower Township $8,750
• Middle Township $3,920
• North Wildwood $2,800
• Wildwood $7,000
• Wildwood Crest $2,800

Cumberland County

• Bridgeton $7,000
• Vineland $14,000

Essex County

• Bloomfield $8,750
• East Orange $7,000
• Glen Ridge $7,000
• Maplewood $7,000
• Orange $7,000
• Verona $7,000

Gloucester County

• Deptford $8,750
• East Greenwich $2,800
• Elk $2,240
• Franklin $5,600
• Glassboro $8,750
• Greenwich $2,240
• Harrison $2,800
• Logan $5,600
• Mantua $5,040
• Paulsboro $2,800
• Pitman $2,800
• Washington $10,500
• West Deptford $5,600
• Westville $2,800
• Woodbury $4,200

Hudson County

• Bayonne $7,000
• Harrison $7,000
• North Bergen $10,500
• Secaucus $7,000
• Union City $8,750

Hunterdon County

• Clinton $2,450
• Clinton Township $3,710
• Flemington $2,450
• Frenchtown $2,450
• High Bridge $2,450
• Holland $2,450
• Lebanon $2,100
• Readington $3,710
• Tewksbury $2,450
• West Amwell $2,450

Mercer County

• Ewing $7,000
• Hamilton $10,500

Middlesex County

• Carteret $7,000
• Dunellen $7,000
• Metuchen $7,000
• Middlesex $7,000
• Monroe $7,000
• New Brunswick $10,500
• North Brunswick $10,500
• Piscataway $10,500
• Plainsboro $7,000
• Woodbridge $7,000

Monmouth County

• Colts Neck $7,000
• Freehold Township $7,000
• Howell $7,000
• Monmouth County Sheriff $7,000

Morris County

• Dover $7,000
• Jefferson $7,000
• Parsippany-Troy Hills $7,000
• Randolph $7,000

Ocean County

• Barnegat $7,000
• Bay Head $7,000
• Berkeley $7,000
• Brick $14,000
• Ocean Gate $7,000
• Pine Beach $7,000
• Point Pleasant Beach $7,000

Passaic County

• Bloomingdale $7,000
• Haledon $7,000
• Little Falls $7,000
• Paterson $12,250
• Pompton Lakes $7,000
• Prospect Park $7,000
• West Milford $7,000
• Woodland Park $7,000

Somerset County

• Bernards $1,120
• Bernardsville $1,050
• Branchburg $2,450
• Bridgewater $3,710
• Far Hills $2,450
• Franklin $3,710
• Green Brook $2,450
• Hillsborough $2,450
• Manville $2,450
• Montgomery $2,450
• North Plainfield $3,710
• Peapack Gladstone $2,450
• Somerset County Sheriff $2,450
• South Bound Brook $2,450
• Warren $2,450

Sussex County

• Sparta $7,000

Union County

• Berkeley Heights $7,000
• Plainfield $7,000
• Rahway $8,750
• Roselle Park $7,000