NEW YORK \u2014 The New York State Police said they issued 10,803 tickets statewide during the Columbus Day Weekend enforcement campaign.<\/p>\n
The special enforcement period began on Friday, Oct. 9 and ran through Monday, Oct. 12.<\/p>\n
The Governor\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Troopers arrested 200 people for DWI and investigated 768 crashes, with four fatal crashes reported.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Speeding\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 4,605<\/p>\n
Distracted Driving\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 274<\/p>\n
Seat Belt and Child Restraint Violations 430<\/p>\n
Move Over Law\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 225<\/p>\n
During last year\u2019s 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\u2019s initiative, running from Thursday, Oct. 9, through Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.<\/p>\n
Below is a breakdown of violations by troop:<\/p>\n
Troop\/Region\u00a0 \u00a0 DWI\u00a0 \u00a0 Speed\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Distracted Driving\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Child\/Seat Belt\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Move Over\u00a0 \u00a0 Total<\/p>\n
A Western NY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 6\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0333\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 32\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 9\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0935<\/p>\n
B North Country\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 189\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 8\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 16\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 30\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0606<\/p>\n
C Southern Tier\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 303\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a029\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0721<\/p>\n
D Central NY\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a016\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 444\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 42\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 19\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1,134<\/p>\n
E Finger Lakes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0541\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a080\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1,259<\/p>\n
F\u00a0 W. Hudson Valley\u00a0 39\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0567\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a048\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 53\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1,252<\/p>\n
G\u00a0 Capital Region\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 256\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 14\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a029\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 20\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 785<\/p>\n
K\u00a0 E. Hudson Valley\u00a0 19\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0526\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 56\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 33\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01,123<\/p>\n
L Long Island\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 403\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a038\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 24\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 15\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 867<\/p>\n
NYC New York City\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a02\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a045\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a07\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 231<\/p>\n
T\u00a0 NYS Thruway\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 37\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0998\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 79\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 75\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 49\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1,890<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 The New York State Police said they issued 10,803 tickets statewide during the Columbus Day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,267,9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-378007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378007","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=378007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}