Officers from the Bremen Police Department recently participated in a 24-day dangerous and impaired driving enforcement campaign.
During this enforcement period, officers had two felony arrests and 16 misdemeanor arrests. Four arrests included a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Forty-five tickets were written and 107 warnings were given to motorists.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics from 2015 show that an average of one alcohol related driving fatality occurred every 53 minutes. More than 10,000 people die on U.S. roadways each year due to intoxicated driving.
Increased enforcement during March 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.
