The New York State Police today announced that it issued more than 26,000 tickets during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement initiative.

This year’s enforcement period ran nine days and encompassed two consecutive weekends compared to 2021 when the detail ran for five days, encompassing just one weekend.

The campaign began on Friday, March 11, 2022, and continued until Sunday, March 20, 2022.

During the campaign, which was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, the New York State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and underage drinking and sales to minors detail. State Police also ticketed distracted drivers who use handheld electronic devices.

State Troopers arrested 381 people for DWI and investigated 1,663 crashes, which resulted in 243 people being injured and two 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                  8,777

Distracted Driving     754

Seatbelt violations     901

Move Over Law         221

During last year’s St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period, the State Police issued 19,599 tickets and arrested 299 people for DWI.

 

Results of the St. Patrick’s Day enforcement period 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	21	655	54	76	14	2,224
B	North Country	14	388	24	29	21	1,492
C	Southern Tier	15	925	27	96	26	2,366
D	Central NY	30	738	59	89	20	2,611
E	Finger Lakes	40	785	49	125	15	2,812
F	Upper Hudson Valley	91	905	86	128	23	2,923
G	Capital Region	29	776	150	67	19	2,367
K	Lower Hudson Valley	56	1,325	105	90	24	2,873
L	Long Island	49	642	56	94	12	2,117
NYC	New York City	5	91	40	34	4	1,336
T	NYS Thruway	31	1,547	104	73	43	3,473
	TOTALS	381	8,777	754	901	221	26,594