{"id":367733,"date":"2026-10-08T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367733\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:41:14","slug":"new-york-ramps-up-impaired-driving-crackdown-with-more-law-enforcement-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367733\/","title":{"rendered":"New York ramps up impaired driving crackdown with more law enforcement patrols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WRGB- New York state is ramping up enforcement efforts aimed at cracking down on impaired driving, with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee coordinating with law enforcement agencies statewide to put more resources on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the message is straightforward: if you&#8217;re impaired, don&#8217;t drive.<\/p>\n<p>The DMV described the push as the state\u2019s most aggressive stance to date against impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said law enforcement has been especially visible during major holidays and other high-risk periods, with the goal of preventing driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and reducing traffic deaths.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, during eight targeted enforcement periods, officers have issued more than 15,700 tickets to drivers accused of operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The state is also targeting underage drinking through a program called Operation Prevent.<\/p>\n<p>Police have checked IDs at 35 major events since May, resulting in 279 citations and the seizure of 318 fake IDs, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The effort is also intended to help protect young people from identity theft connected to counterfeit identification.<\/p>\n<p>Officials again urged people to plan ahead for a sober ride home before getting behind the wheel if they have been drinking or using drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WRGB- New York state is ramping up enforcement efforts aimed at cracking down on impaired driving, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-367733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}