{"id":428461,"date":"2026-09-07T02:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T02:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428461\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T02:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T02:44:10","slug":"harris-county-precinct-increases-patrols-for-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428461\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris County Precinct increases patrols for Labor Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/original-da1af434-20c1-4f3c-98d3-ad1cc992f364.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman\u2019s Office will increase patrols throughout the county during Labor Day weekend as part of a zero-tolerance operation targeting impaired, reckless and dangerous drivers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The operation will run Sunday, Sept. 6, through Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>  Increased patrols and zero-tolerance enforcement <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Deputies will work to prevent serious crashes and remove intoxicated drivers from the roadways, according to the constable\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Labor Day weekend is always one of the busiest travel times of the year,&#8221; Herman said. &#8220;Our deputies will be out in full force to keep our citizens and their families safe. We ask everyone to do their part and make smart choices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Safety guidelines <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials are reminding drivers to designate a sober driver, use a rideshare service or taxi, or call a friend for a safe ride home. People should never allow someone who has been drinking to drive.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Drivers are also encouraged to slow down, buckle up and move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles stopped along the roadway.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;If you drink, don\u2019t drive,&#8221; the constable\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article was provided by Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article What we know: HOUSTON &#8211; Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman\u2019s Office will increase patrols throughout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[405,56,58,57,223,216,393],"class_list":["post-428461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}