State Police Issue Hundreds Of Tickets In HV Over July 4 Weekend

NEW YORK — New York State Police gave out more than 10,000 tickets during a special holiday weekend enforcement campaign.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that 10,238 tickets were issued statewide during the July 4th weekend enforcement campaign.

He said lives were saved over the holiday weekend because of the work and dedication of law enforcement around New York.

"Putting others in danger by driving impaired is unacceptable in the state of New York and those who do it will be held accountable," Cuomo said.

The special enforcement period began Friday, July 2 and ran through Monday, July 5.

During the campaign, which was partially funded by the governor's Traffic Safety Committee, state police utilized sobriety checkpoints, targeted reckless and aggressive driving and ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.

Troopers arrested 195 people for driving while intoxicated and investigated 648 crashes, including 122 personal injury crashes and two fatalities.

As part of the enforcement, troopers also targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state, including 3,955 for speeding. 202 for distracted driving, 671 for seatbelt violations and 132 for not moving over.

During 2020's holiday enforcement campaign, 8,214 total tickets were issued and 180 people were arrested for DWI.

For Troop T, there were 15 DWI arrests and 739 speeding tickets out of a total of 1,442 tickets issued.

In the Hudson Valley, here are some of the violations:

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