February 14, 2024
STATE POLICE ARREST 139 PEOPLE FOR DWI DURING SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
State Troopers Issue a Total of 6,876 Tickets During STOP DWI Enforcement Campaign
The New York State Police today announced that troopers issued 6,876 tickets during a special STOP DWI traffic enforcement period over Super Bowl Weekend. During the campaign, which started on Friday, February 9, 2024, and ran through Sunday, February 11, 2024.
State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify and arrest impaired drivers. The initiative was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) and was also carried out by local law enforcement agencies across the state.
During this enforcement period, State Troopers arrested 139 people for DWI, and investigated 245 crashes, which injured 37 people. State Police did not respond to any fatal crashes during the weekend.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted drivers speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.
Speeding 2,180
Distracted Driving 192
Seatbelt violations 231
Move Over Law 58
During last year’s Super Bowl enforcement State Police issued 8,311 tickets and arrested 141 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 | 9 | 309 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 812 |
| B | North Country | 1 | 156 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 556 |
| C | Southern Tier | 13 | 102 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 465 |
| D | Central NY | 11 | 219 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 933 |
| E | Finger Lakes | 8 | 194 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 661 |
| F | Upper Hudson Valley | 13 | 91 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 285 |
| G | Capital Region | 14 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 274 |
| K | Lower Hudson Valley | 43 | 344 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 1,030 |
| L | Long Island | 15 | 268 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 711 |
| NYC | New York City | 2 | 66 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 355 |
| T | NYS Thruway | 10 | 353 | 30 | 25 | 14 | 794 |