The New York State Police release results of Super Bowl Weekend STOP-DWI campaign

15 February 2022
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Kevin P. Bruen
Superintendent
PRESS RELEASE

The New York State Police release results of Super Bowl Weekend STOP-DWI campaign

The New York State Police today announced that it issued 9,978 tickets during the 2022 Super Bowl STOP-DWI traffic enforcement initiative.

The campaign began on Friday, February 11, 2022, and continued through Monday, February 14, 2022.

During the campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the New York State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify and arrest impaired drivers.

State Troopers arrested 180 people for DWI and investigated 529 accidents, which resulted in 64 people injured, but no fatalities.

As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.

Speeding                      3,143

Distracted Driving      242

Seatbelt violations       307

Move Over Law           55

During last year’s Super Bowl enforcement State Police issued 8,923 tickets and arrested 140 people for DWI.

 

The results of the campaign broken down by Troop:

Troop Region DWI Arrests

(# of persons)

Speed Distracted Driving Child Restraint/Seat Belt Move Over Total

Tickets

(Includes other violations)

A Western NY 8 164 17 21 2 668
B North Country 6 127 4 15 4 533
C Southern Tier 9 303 12 33 3 818
D Central NY 18 271 18 35 2 1,166
E Finger Lakes 14 212 20 32 1 842
F Upper Hudson Valley 43 316 42 38 17 1,057
G Capital Region 14 373 39 30 2 1,118
K Lower Hudson Valley 37 513 15 22 9 1,126
L Long Island 16 197 33 29 1 731
NYC New York City 4 68 7 12 0 475
T NYS Thruway 11 599 35 40 14 1,444

 

 

Author: Harlem Valley News