State Police Release Enforcement Stats Through Saturday
This article was published on: 11/26/17 1:44 PM by Mike Minarsky
MIDDLETOWN, CT (November 26, 2017): The Connecticut State Police are supplementing the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers throughout this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/22/2017, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday 11/26/2017. Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers. These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/22/17 to 11/26/17 8:00 a.m.
SPEEDING violations:866 SEATBELT violations: 180 OTHER HAZARDOUS violations: 2042 (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.) DUI arrests: 46 ACCIDENTS investigated: 428 w/injury: 61 fatality: 2 (11/22 Killingly & 11/25 Cromwell)
These 2016 State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/23/16 to 11/27/16 9:00 a.m: SPEEDING violations:896 SEATBELT violations: 311 OTHER HAZARDOUS violations: 2503 (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.) DUI arrests: 51 ACCIDENTS investigated: 392 w/injury: 42 fatality: 1
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