May 27, 2025

State Police issue more than 12,000 tickets during Memorial Day Weekend enforcement period

Press Release

The New York State Police today announced that it issued a total of 12,062 tickets statewide during the Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign.

The special enforcement period began on Friday, May 23, 2025, and ran through Monday, May 26, 2025.

During the campaign, which was partially funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, State Police utilized sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols, and ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.

Troopers arrested 245 people for DWI and investigated 774 crashes, with three fatal crashes reported.

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

Speeding                      3,472

Distracted Driving         393

Seatbelt violations        1,660

Move Over Law             225

During last year’s Memorial Day Weekend enforcement campaign, which ran from Friday, May 24, 2024, through Monday, May 27, 2024, the State Police issued 10,949 total tickets and arrested 225 people for DWI.

Below is a breakdown of violations 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

12

241

40

164

2

1032

B

North Country

10

351

11

84

41

1144

C

Southern Tier

15

299

26

126

31

936

D

Central NY

17

233

39

110

8

996

E

Finger Lakes

24

291

22

176

19

1175

F

Western HV

41

329

40

231

18

1253

G

Capital Region

23

312

30

166

21

1078

K

Eastern HV

34

462

27

112

24

1233

L

Long Island

24

169

40

59

6

587

NYC

New York City

1

85

12

24

2

500

T

NYS Thruway

44

700

106

408

53

2128