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Between Thursday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 3, local, county and state police agencies in upstate New York teamed to increase DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols.
Among those to be busted for allegedly driving while impaired was 60-year-old Islip resident Leon Humphrey, who was charged with DWI and driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content greater than .08 percent.
According to police, the objective of this continued enforcement grant is to revitalize and enhance the visibility of the STOP-DWI Program through coordinated multi-agency impaired driving enforcement details targeting identified statewide crackdown periods.”
Officials said, “the Halloween Crackdown period kicks off the 2019 -2020 Statewide Crackdown Enforcement grant project. Continued funding from the NYS STOP-DWI Foundation enables Law Enforcement to step up their activities during eight holiday periods identified by NHTSA as the deadliest on our roadways due to impaired driving crashes. The coordinated efforts afforded by this grant are an undeniable reminder that impaired driving enforcement and prosecution remains a priority.”
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