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DWI Crackdown: Over 500 Tickets Issued To Long Island Drivers Labor Day Weekend, Police Say DWI Crackdown: Over 500 Tickets Issued To Long Island Drivers Labor Day Weekend, Police Say
DWI Crackdown: Over 500 Tickets Issued To Long Island Drivers Labor Day Weekend, Police Say Hundreds of Long Island drivers were issued tickets during the holiday weekend as part of a statewide crackdown on distracted and dangerous driving, police said. From Friday, Sept. 1 to Monday, Sept. 4, the New York State Police arrested over a dozen people for driving under the influence and handed out hundreds more tickets on Long Island, the department announced. Of the 572 tickets given, 165 of them were for speeding, 32 were for distracted driving, 12 were for child restraint or seatbelt violations, and three were for violations of the Move Over Law. The rest of the tickets were fo…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Police Ramping Up Patrols On Southern State Parkway Police Ramping Up Patrols On Southern State Parkway
Police Ramping Up Patrols On Southern State Parkway With the summer season quickly approaching, New York State Police will increase patrols, including DWI checkpoints and enforcement details, on the Southern State Parkway. State police say the patrols are part of a push to "decrease serious and fatal crashes on the parkway." The extra patrols will target high-incident areas on numerous stretches of the Southern State Parkway during peak days and "times when these crashes occur," state police said. Troopers will be looking for aggressive drivers, speeders, drunk/drugged drivers, as well as distracted drivers. "Tragedies on our public roadwa…

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by Joe Lombardi