NEW YORK — The New York State Police said they issued 10,803 tickets statewide during the Columbus Day Weekend enforcement campaign.

The special enforcement period began on Friday, Oct. 9 and ran through Monday, Oct. 12.

The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee partially funded the campaign, during which state police used sobriety checkpoints, additional DWI patrols and ticketed distracted drivers who used handheld electronic devices.

Troopers arrested 200 people for DWI and investigated 768 crashes, with four fatal crashes reported.

As part of the enforcement, troopers targeted speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Below is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued.

Speeding                        4,605

Distracted Driving           274

Seat Belt and Child Restraint Violations 430

Move Over Law               225

During last year’s Columbus Day weekend enforcement campaign, state police issued 13,825 tickets and arrested 191 people for DWI. The 2025 campaign lasted five days, one day longer than this year’s initiative, running from Thursday, Oct. 9, through Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Below is a breakdown of violations by troop:

Troop/Region    DWI    Speed     Distracted Driving         Child/Seat Belt          Move Over    Total

A Western NY          6         333               23                                32                            9               935

B North Country       11        189                8                                16                            30             606

C Southern Tier        10        303               6                                 21                           29             721

D Central NY             16        444              20                                42                          19          1,134

E Finger Lakes          15       541               6                                 80                               7        1,259

F  W. Hudson Valley  39       567               48                                53                            14        1,252

G  Capital Region      23        256              14                                 29                            20          785

K  E. Hudson Valley  19         526               25                                56                            33       1,123

L Long Island             22        403               38                                24                            15          867

NYC New York City     2           45                 7                                  2                              0          231

T  NYS Thruway        37           998              79                                75                            49      1,890