DWI Enforcement Surge: 125 N.J. Police Departments Launch Vacation Crackdown

Police departments throughout New Jersey have began their annual holiday-season crackdown on drunk driving.

The state Division of Freeway Visitors Security‘s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” kicked off Friday and runs till Jan. 1, officers mentioned.

State officers have distributed $703,500 to 125 legislation enforcement companies for elevated patrols and impaired driving checkpoints.

In the course of the 2024 initiative, taking part police departments made 590 impaired driving arrests and handed out 2,948 rushing tickets in addition to 1,038 seat belt summonses.

Almost a 3rd of the 647 deadly crashes in New Jersey in 2024 concerned a driver who had been ingesting, authorities mentioned. The crashes resulted in 684 deaths.

Deadly crashes are down this 12 months — by means of Sunday there have been 502 deadly crashes in New Jersey leading to 535 fatalities.

“Nobody desires an empty seat on the vacation desk,” Lawyer Normal Matt Platkin mentioned in a press release. “Impaired driving is totally unacceptable and may have devastating penalties. Police throughout the state shall be out eradicating impaired drivers from the highway to guard New Jersey households through the vacation season.”

Listed here are the 125 legislation enforcement companies who obtained grants this 12 months:

Atlantic

• Absecon ($4,200)
• Atlantic Metropolis ($8,750)
• Atlantic County Sheriff ($2,100)
• Brigantine ($2,800)
• Egg Harbor Metropolis ($1,400)
• Galloway ($8,750)
• Hamilton ($8,750)
• Hammonton ($2,800)
• Mullica ($5,600)
• Pleasantville ($2,800)
• Ventnor ($2,800)

Bergen

• Cliffside Park ($7,000)
• Truthful Garden ($7,000)
• Fairview ($7,000)
• Franklin Lakes ($7,000)
• Garfield ($7,000)
• Leonia ($7,000)
• Montvale ($7,000)
• New Milford ($7,000)
• Palisades Park ($7,000)
• Woodcliff Lake ($7,000)

Burlington

• Burlington Township ($7,000)
• Mount Holly ($7,000)
• Pemberton ($7,000)

Camden

• Gloucester Township ($10,500)
• Lawnside ($7,000)
• Stratford ($7,000)
• Winslow ($7,000)

Cape Might

• Decrease ($5,600)
• Center ($5,600)
• North Wildwood ($2,100)
• Wildwood ($2,800)
• Wildwood Crest ($2,100)

Essex

• Bloomfield ($7,000)
• East Orange ($7,000)
• Fairfield ($7,000)
• Maplewood ($7,000)
• Millburn ($7,000)
• Montclair ($10,500)
• Newark ($10,500)
• Nutley ($7,000)
• Orange ($7,000)

Gloucester

• Clayton ($1,120)
• Deptford ($1,400)
• East Greenwich ($2,800)
• Elk ($2,240)
• Franklin ($4,200)
• Glassboro ($6,160)
• Greenwich ($1,400)
• Harrison ($1,400)
• Logan ($3,360)
• Mantua ($6,160)
• Monroe ($4,200)
• Paulsboro ($2,800)
• Pitman ($5,040)
• Washington ($8,400)
• Westville ($4,760)
• Woodbury ($6,160)
• Woolrich ($2,800)

Hudson

• Bayonne ($7,000)
• Guttenberg ($7,000)
• Harrison ($7,000)
• Hoboken ($7,000)
• North Bergen ($8,750)
• Secaucus ($7,000)

Hunterdon

• Clinton City ($2,800)
• Clinton Township ($5,600)
• Frenchtown ($2,100)
• Lambertville ($1,400)
• Lebanon ($1,400)
• Tewksbury ($2,800)
• West Amwell ($2,100)

Mercer

• Hamilton ($7,000)
• Robbinsville ($7,000)

Middlesex

• Carteret ($7,000)
• Dunellen ($7,000)
• Metuchen ($7,000)
• Monroe ($7,000)
• Outdated Bridge ($7,000)
• Piscataway ($7,000)
• Plainsboro ($7,000)
• South Brunswick ($7,000)
• South Plainfield ($7,000)

Monmouth

• Belmar ($7,000)
• East Windsor ($7,000)
• Freehold ($7,000)
• Howell ($7,000)
• Pink Financial institution ($7,000)

Morris

• Butler ($7,000)
• Dover ($7,000)
• Parsippany-Troy Hills ($7,000)

Ocean

• Bay Head ($7,000)
• Lakewood ($10,500)
• Ocean Gate ($7,000)
• Stafford ($7,000)

Passaic

• Bloomingdale ($7,000)
• Little Falls ($7,000)
• Passaic ($10,500)
• Paterson ($10,500)
• Prospect Park ($7,000)
• West Milford ($7,000)

Somerset

• Bedminster ($2,800)
• Branchburg ($2,100)
• Bridgewater ($2,100)
• Far Hills ($3,500)
• Franklin ($1,680)
• Inexperienced Brook ($3,500)
• Hillsborough ($3,500)
• Manville ($3,360)
• Montgomery ($3,080)
• North Plainfield ($3,080)
• Peapack Gladstone ($4,200)
• Raritan ($2,100)
• Somerset County Sheriff ($2,100)
• Somerville ($3,500)
• Warren ($3,500)
• Watchung ($2,100)

Sussex

• Franklin ($7,000)
• Hamburg ($7,000)
• Hopatcong ($7,000)
• Sparta ($7,000)

Union

• Cranford ($7,000)
• Fanwood ($7,000)
• Plainfield ($7,000)
• Roselle Park ($7,000)