New York State Police issued 8,762 tickets and arrested 154 people for DWI during this year’s Labor Day weekend DWI enforcement period. The initiative, which targeted impaired and reckless drivers, began on Friday, September 1, 2023, and continued through the Labor Day holiday, Monday, September 4, 2023.

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. In addition to the DWI checkpoints and patrols, Troopers were also watching for distracted drivers, vehicle occupants who were not properly buckled up, and drivers that were violating the Move Over Law.

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 during this period:

Speeding                  3,407

Distracted Driving     203

Seatbelt violations     383

Move Over Law         126

Troopers used both marked State Police vehicles and Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE) vehicles as part of this crackdown in order to more easily identify motorists who are violating the law. CITE vehicles allow the Trooper to better observe driving violations.  These vehicles blend in with everyday traffic but are unmistakable as emergency vehicles once the emergency lighting is activated.

Over the 2022 Labor Day weekend, which ran from September 2, 2022, to September 5, 2022, Troopers arrested 208 people for DWI and investigated 139 personal injury crashes, including three fatalities, and issued 9,748 tickets.

Here are the results of the 2023 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	5	272	11	23	3	707
B	North Country	6	232	8	22	30	695
C	Southern Tier	14	428	7	50	28	891
D	Central NY	20	238	12	50	9	907
E	Finger Lakes	14	275	9	51	8	817
F	Upper Hudson Valley	28	280	27	29	4	694
G	Capital Region	10	206	9	6	15	515
K	Lower Hudson Valley	29	601	55	67	9	1,291
L	Long Island	18	165	32	12	3	572
NYC	New York City	3	82	12	17	1	427
T	NYS Thruway	7	628	21	56	16	1,246