Police departments across Berks County will increase patrols and DUI enforcement efforts this weekend as officials anticipate heavier summer travel and increased alcohol consumption.<\/p>\n
According to the North Central Regional DUI Enforcement Program, officers throughout the county will participate in aggressive driving enforcement details while also focusing on removing impaired drivers from local roadways.<\/p>\n
The enforcement campaign comes as summer temperatures rise and the FIFA World Cup 2026 concludes, a period when officials expect more people to be traveling and attending celebrations.<\/p>\n
Police said officers will conduct both roving DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints on roadways throughout Berks County. The increased enforcement is expected to continue throughout the summer months.<\/p>\n
Officials said police will be watching for drivers impaired by alcohol as well as drugs, with the goal of improving roadway safety.<\/p>\n
The North Central Regional DUI Enforcement Program coordinates, equips and funds municipal police DUI enforcement efforts in Berks, Columbia, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder and Union counties.<\/p>\n
Sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols are funded through grants provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police departments across Berks County will increase patrols and DUI enforcement efforts this weekend as officials anticipate heavier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-246175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}