These 153 NJ Towns Have Heavy DWI Patrols For Rest Of The Year

If you're drinking, you better not drive – anywhere. But in 153 towns, you'd better really watch out.

Law enforcement officials from throughout New Jersey will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign (see list below).

Beginning Friday and continuing through Jan. 1, 2019, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated.

The national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" effort endeavors to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving through a combination of high-visibility enforcement and public education.

"During the last five years New Jersey has experienced nearly 38,000 alcohol involved crashes resulting in more than 700 fatalities," said Capt. Robert Lokerson of the Point Pleasant Boro Police Department. "This is a critical law enforcement program that can save lives during a time of the year when impaired driving traditionally increases by nearly 10 percent."

Last year, 20 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $37 billion annually.

Law enforcement agencies participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over 2018 Year End Holiday Crackdown offer the following advice for the holiday season:

• Take mass transit, a taxicab, or ask a sober friend to drive you home.
• Spend the night where the activity or party is held.
• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone's life, and inaction could cost a life.
• Always buckle-up, every ride. It's your best defense against an impaired driver.

• If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or have a sober friend or family member drive or escort you to your doorstep.
• Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

Here are the towns:

Atlantic

• Atlantic City PD $5,500.00
• Egg Harbor Twp PD $5,500.00
• Galloway PD $5,500.00
• Mullica PD $5,500.00

Bergen

• Bogota PD $5,500.00
• Cliffside Park PD $5,500.00
• Edgewater PD $5,500.00 Emerson PD $5,500.00
• Fort Lee PD $5,500.00
• Garfield PD $5,500.00
• Lodi PD $5,500.00
• Mahwah PD $5,500.00
• New Milford PD $5,500.00
• Old Tappan PD $5,500.00
• Ramsey PD $5,500.00
• Ridgewood PD $5,500.00
• Wyckoff PD $5,500.00

Burlington

• Bordentown PD $5,500.00
• Bordentown Twp PD $5,500.00
• Cinnaminson PD $5,500.00
• Delanco PD $5,500.00
• Delran PD $5,500.00
• Lumberton PD $5,500.00
• New Hanover PD $5,500.00
• Riverside PD $5,500.00

Camden

• Barrington PD $5,500.00
• Gloucester Twp PD $5,500.00
• Haddonfield PD $5,500.00
• Lindenwold PD $5,500.00
• Pine Hill PD $5,500.00
• Stratford PD $5,500.00
• Winslow PD $5,500.00

Cape May

• Middle PD $5,500.00

Cumberland

• Millville PD $5,500.00

Essex

• Belleville PD $5,500.00
• Bloomfield PD $5,500.00
• Cedar Grove PD $5,500.00
• Montclair PD $5,500.00
• West Caldwell PD $5,500.00
• West Orange PD $5,500.00

Gloucester

• Clayton PD $1,100.00
• Deptford PD $5,500.00
• East Greenwich PD $1,320.00
• Franklin PD $1,980.00
• Glassboro PD $5,500.00
• Greenwich PD $1,100.00
• Harrison PD $1,760.00
• Mantua PD $5,060.00
• Monroe PD $4,400.00
• Pitman PD $1,320.00
• Washington Township PD $5,500.00
• Westville PD $1,980.00
• Woodbury Heights PD $1,540.00
• Woodbury PD $4,400.00
• Woolwich PD $2,420.00

Hudson

• Bayonne PD $5,500.00
• Harrison PD $5,500.00
• Hoboken PD $5,500.00
• Kearny PD $5,500.00
• North Twp PD $5,500.00
• Union City PD $5,500.00
• West New York PD $5,500.00

Hunterdon

• Clinton PD $3,410.00
• Clinton Twp PD $5,500.00
• Flemington PD $3,410.00
• Frenchtown PD $1,650.00
• Lebanon PD $3,410.00
• Raritan PD $1,760.00
• Readington PD $2,750.00
• West Amwell PD $3,410.00

Mercer

• East Windsor PD $5,500.00
• Ewing PD $5,500.00
• Hamilton PD $5,500.00
• Hightstown PD $5,500.00
• Robbinsville PD $5,500.00
• West Windsor PD $5,500.00

Middlesex

• Dunellen PD $5,500.00
• Edison PD $5,500.00
• Middlesex PD $5,500.00
• North Brunswick PD $5,500.00
• Plainsboro PD $5,500.00
• South Brunswick PD $5,500.00
• Spotswood PD $5,500.00

Monmouth

• Aberdeen PD $5,500.00
• Allentown PD $5,500.00
• Asbury Park PD $5,500.00
• Deal PD $5,500.00
• Eatontown PD $5,500.00
• Freehold Twp PD $5,500.00
• Holmdel PD $5,500.00
• Marlboro PD $5,500.00
• Middletown PD $5,500.00
• Monmouth Beach PD $5,500.00
• Ocean Township PD $5,500.00
• Spring Lake Heights PD $5,500.00

Morris

• Boonton Township PD $5,500.00
• Chester Twp PD $5,500.00
• Denville PD $5,500.00
• Dover PD $5,500.00
• Hanover PD $5,500.00
• Jefferson PD $5,500.00
• Montville PD $5,500.00
• Morris Twp PD $5,500.00
• Mount Olive PD $5,500.00
• Parsippany-Troy Hills PD $5,500.00
• Randolph PD $5,500.00
• Roxbury PD $5,500.00

Ocean

• Barnegat PD $5,500.00
• Bay Head PD $5,500.00
• Berkeley PD $5,500.00
• Jackson PD $5,500.00
• Lakehurst PD $5,500.00
• Manchester PD $5,500.00
• Ocean Gate PD $5,500.00
• Point Pleasant Beach PD $5,500.00
• Point Pleasant PD $5,500.00

Passaic

• Bloomingdale PD $5,500.00
• Little Falls PD $5,500.00
• Passaic PD $5,500.00
• Wanaque PD $5,500.00
• Wayne PD $5,500.00
• Penns Grove PD $5,500.00

Somerset

• Bedminster PD $2,475.00
• Bernards PD $3,410.00
• Bernardsville PD $1,650.00
• Bound Brook PD $3,410.00
• Branchburg PD $3,410.00
• Bridgewater PD $1,100.00
• Far Hills PD $3,410.00
• Franklin PD $3,410.00
• Green Brook PD $3,300.00
• Hillsborough PD $2,475.00
• Manville PD $2,750.00
• Montgomery PD $3,410.00
• North Plainfield PD $2,200.00
• Peapack Gladstone PD $3,410.00
• Raritan PD $3,410.00
• Somerville PD $1,870.00
• South Bound Brook PD $3,410.00
• Warren PD $3,410.00
• Watchung PD $3,410.00

Sussex

• Hopatcong PD $5,500.00
• Sparta PD $5,500.00
• Vernon PD $5,500.00

Union

• Berkeley Heights PD $5,500.00
• Clark PD $5,500.00
• Elizabeth PD $5,500.00
• Linden PD $5,500.00
• Plainfield PD $5,500.00
• Rahway PD $5,500.00
• Roselle Park PD $5,500.00
• Union Township PD $5,500.00

Warren

• Independence PD $5,500.00

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