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Over 5K tickets issued during St. Patrick’s Day enforcement

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York State Police has released the results of the St. Patrick’s Day enforcement initiative that ran from Friday, March 15, to Sunday, March 17. Troopers issued 5,576 tickets and arrested 132 individuals for impaired driving.

There were no fatalities reported, but Troopers did investigate 199 crashes, during which 25 people were injured. Troopers in CNY made 15 DWI arrests and issued 676 total tickets. The full breakdown of results by troop can be found below.

Troop Region DWI Arrests Speed Distracted Driving Child Restraint/Seat Belt Move Over Total Tickets (includes other violations)
A Western NY 10 128 3 23 2 423
B North Country 13 200 12 30 8 742
C Southern Tier 9 169 1 6 5 406
D Central NY 15 140 7 23 2 676
E Finger Lakes 7 199 10 17 6 622
F Upper Hudson Valley 20 71 1 11 5 313
G Capital Region 4 10 1 8 2 107
K Lower Hudson Valley 17 301 24 23 4 695
L Long Island 23 187 37 30 2 623
NYC New York City 4 46 5 5 0 287
T NYS Thruway 10 337 23 25 8 682

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