Law-enforcement crackdown Super Bowl weekend

PLATTSBURGH | New York State Police and fellow law-enforcement agencies from across the region will be out in full force this Super Bowl weekend. The special STOP-DWI enforcement campaign will include increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify, and arrest impaired drivers, as well as underage drinking enforcement. The enforcement initiative runs from Friday, Feb. 5 through Monday, Feb. 8. While STOP-DWI efforts across New York have led to significant reductions in the number of drinking and driving fatalities, too many lives are still being lost because of crashes caused by impaired drivers, State Police officials said Feb. 5 in announcing the initiative. During the 2020 Super Bowl campaign, State Police arrested 122 people for impaired driving and issued 8,372 total tickets. During this weekend's enforcement period, drivers can expect to encounter sobriety checkpoints and extra DWI patrols. Troopers will be using both marked State Police vehicles and Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement (CITE) vehicles as part of the operation. Drivers should also remember to "move over" for stopped emergency and hazard vehicles stopped on the side of the road when they travel New York roadways. An impaired driving conviction carries a maximum fine of $10,000, up to seven years in prison, and license revocation.

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Law-enforcement crackdown Super Bowl weekend

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