STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11/29/2010 |
STATS CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY ENFORCEMENT
Connecticut State Troopers supplement normal patrol force with additional State Troopers over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend.
Troopers patrol all roads and highways across Connecticut and will focus on drunk driving violations and target aggressive drivers.
Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols will be in place over the entire weekend. State Police will continue this preventive enforcement effort until the end of the Holiday season.
These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/24/10 to 11/28/10 9:00 p.m.
SPEEDING Arrests---__2255_________
SEATBELT Arrests----____151___
OTHER HAZARDOUS MOVING VIOLATIONS Arrests-- ___3411____-- (TO INCLUDE UNSAFE LANE CHANGE,FOLLOW TOO CLOSE,CELL PHONE USE, FAIL TO SIGNAL ETC. )
DUI ARRESTS--__80____
ACCIDENTS Investigated---____391_______ WITH INJURY ---__57____ FATALS---___1______
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 TOTALS---Speeding 1528 Seatbelt 769 Hazardous Moving 1460 DUI 76 Accidents 376 with injury 46 Fatal 5
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