With the St. Patrick’s Day holiday approaching along with the NCAA Tournament, police agencies across the state will be increasing dangerous and impaired driving patrols beginning March 2 through March 25.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, along with the Plymouth and Bourbon Police Departments are a few of those agencies conducting random patrols, saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints intended to make the roads we travel safer.
There is a zero tolerance for impaired and dangerous drivers, according to police. In Indiana, drivers under 21 with a BAC of .02 are subject to fines and a license suspension for up to 1 year.
Last year the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration purchased 1,759 new portable breath tests for Indiana law-enforcement agencies. An additional 836 devices will be purchased this year.
