The Plymouth Police Department recently completed a 24-day enforcement period where the officers focused on dangerous and impaired driving.
Statistics revealed 21 tickets were written and one arrest was made in the City of Plymouth.
The March campaign is a statewide effort supported by federal highway safety funding. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute distributes funding to more than 250 participating Indiana law enforcement agencies in this effort.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an average of one alcohol related driving fatality occurred every 53 minutes in 2015. More than 10,000 people die on U.S. roadways due to intoxicated driving.