FAIRFIELD, Conn. If you plan to head out on Fairfields roads for an early New Year's Eve party tonight, watch out for red and blue lights. The Fairfield Police and the Connecticut State Police will team up for a drunken-driving checkpoint somewhere in town late Friday night into early Saturday morning.
This type of enforcement help to make the roadways safer by arresting drunk drivers, alerting the public that law enforcement takes the issue of DUI seriously, and increasing the presence of officers within our community, said Fairfield Police Sgt. Suzanne Lussier in a press release.
The checkpoint is part of the State Polices annual focus on drunken driving around the holidays. The State Police also set up similar operations around Thanksgiving weekend. The State Police made 65 driving under the influence arrests and issued 1,376 speeding tickets across Connecticut over the four-day span of the Thanksgiving weekend alone.
Police did not reveal where the checkpoint will be, only that it will take place in Fairfield on Friday night. Fairfield Police say they will also hold periodic checkpoints throughout the new year.
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