Cops Wind Up STOP-DWI Crackdown Over Labor Day Weekend

Putnam County Sheriff Robert L. Langley Jr, Town of Carmel Police Department Chief Michael
Cazzari and Town of Kent Police Department Chief Kevin Owens announced Thursday that their agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving over the long Labor Day weekend.

The statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown effort started on Aug. 14 and will end on Sept. 2.

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Research shows that high-visibility enforcement can reduce impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent. Sobriety checkpoints play a key part in raising awareness about the problem. New York State Police, County Sheriff and municipal law enforcement agencies across the state will be out in force.

While STOP-DWI efforts across New York have led to significant reductions in the numbers of
alcohol and drug related fatalities, still too many lives are being lost because of crashes caused by drunk or impaired drivers.

Impaired driving is completely preventable. All it takes is a little planning.

The STOP-DWI Labor Day Weekend Crackdown is one of many statewide enforcement initiatives promoted by the New York State STOP-DWI Association with additional funding from our STOP-DWI Foundation and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Throughout the remainder of the year the Statewide STOP-DWI Crackdown Campaign will also target Halloween and the national Holiday Season in December.